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  1. Apr 14th, 2002, 10:56 AM #1
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    Getting the constant string of an integer

    I am using "GetLastError()" to get the error I got but it always returns that as an integer value. All the errors do have a string descriptive constant with them (eg WSAENOINIT). How would I get that string instead of the actual number?
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  2. Apr 14th, 2002, 01:34 PM #2
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    Use FormatMessage to get an error description. The descriptive constant you mean is only a symbol for easier coding and is not available at runtime.
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    Ok thanks.
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