gethostbyaddr method in WSOCK32.DLL

I need some assistance with some visual basic code I am trying to implement. I am trying to call a Winsock method (gethostbyaddr). I want to pass it the variable "IP_Address" and extract the data that the method should return. I have built my data structure (TYPE hostent) but do not know how to return data into that structure. Can you point me in the right direction or give me a resource? Thanks.

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Jeffrey S. Russell

Not really helpful. I have plenty of "C" code to look at, but not to worry. I finally figured out how to get the function to work. Thanks anyhow for the assist!

[Björn]

Here's some C-Code, translating it should be that hard. Hope that helps,

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long ip;
ip = inet_addr("YourComputerName");

HOSTENT *ho = gethostbyaddr((char *)&ip, 4, AF_INET);

if (ho == NULL)
{
printf("Host not found.\n");
return;
}


printf("%s\n", ho->h_name);

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regards,

Björn

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