Winsock states - help needed!

[modpluz]

hi guyz,

i need somone to help xplain to me all the winsock states

i only know the sckClosed - 0, sckConnected and sckError but am suprised when i started seein some numerical value like 8

and i want to know all the winsock states we have what can you actually do with winsock when in this states.


assuming i entered the wrong server ip from the client app in design time and there's a form i've created where you can specify a new server ip in runtime.

ok now i run my app and i want to change the ip at runtime and re-connect the winsock. how can i do it

i've been trying this and it gives error each time saying "wrong protocol or connection state"

help plz

[aneu]

sckClosed 0 Default. Closed
sckOpen 1 Open
sckListening 2 Listening
sckConnected 7 Connected
sckError 9 Error

this is what i found in the msdn library

[aneu]

and before you can change the ip, or connect it again, try to close it first!

listen example:

winsock1.close
winsock1.localport 555
winsock1.listen

connect example:

winsock1.close
winsock1.connect "www.microsoft.com", 80

this should do it... it just have to be closed before you can modify it's settings!

[modpluz]

ok thanks

[modpluz]

but this means you can't use the same port that it's using before it was closed

it brings up the message "Address is in use"