Winsock API beginner question

[sweevo]

Hello,

I want to use the Winsock API to interface two computers: a client and a server. The client will send the server a message and wait for, and receive, a response.

I've never worked with Winsock before so don't really know what the procedure is. What is the sequence of functions I will need to do this? I'm guessing along the lines of ...

Startup
Create socket/connect
Send
Listen
Receive
Disconnect
End

Is that the way to go? Any help/advice would be appreciated, thanks.

[plenderj]

You could use the winsock control to do it.
There's 2 tutorials on it in my sig ...

[sweevo]

Thanks, I will play around with the control to see how Winsock works. But ultimately I need to use this in a dll and don't like to use froms and controls. It's just the way I am I suppose...