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socket The Windows Sockets socket function creates a socket that is bound to a specific service provider.
VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function socket Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal af As Long, ByVal s_type As Long, ByVal protocol As Long) As Long |
VB.NET
System.Net.Sockets.Socket |
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Operating Systems Supported |
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Requires Windows Sockets 1.1 |
- af
[in] An address family specification.
- type
[in] A type specification for the new socket.
- protocol
[in] A particular protocol to be used with the socket that is specific to the indicated address family. |
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If no error occurs, socket returns a descriptor referencing the new socket. Otherwise, a value of INVALID_SOCKET is returned, and a specific error code can be retrieved by calling WSAGetLastError. |
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