Whois Protocol Class Library

Request registration information for an Internet domain name.

Reference

Library

Class Name CWhoisClient

File Name CSWHOAV6.DLL

Version 6.0.6000.0

LibID DB1A9433-486E-4826-AFF4-0A0B8EE52EB5

Import Library CSWHOAV6.LIB

Dependencies None

Standard RFC 954

Remarks

The Whois protocol library provides an interface for requesting registration information for an Internet domain name. When a domain name is registered, the organization that registers the domain must provide certain contact information along with technical information such as the primary name servers for that domain. The library provides an API for requesting that information and returning it to the program so that it can be displayed or processed. This library would be most commonly used to query the server at rs.internic.net to obtain information about a specific Internet domain name or an administrative contact at that domain.

Requirements

This library is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. If you are using Windows 2000, it is required that you have Service Pack (SP4) installed. If you are using Windows XP, it is required that you have at least Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed and it is recommended that you install Internet Explorer 7.0. It is also recommended that all critical updates to the Windows operating system be installed.

The SocketTools Library Edition libraries are compatible with any development environment that supports calling functions exported from a standard dynamic link library (DLL). This includes Visual Studio 6.0, Visual Studio .NET 2003, Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. If you are using Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual C++ 6.0, it is required that you have Service Pack 6 (SP6) installed. If you are using Visual Studio .NET 2003, it is recommended that you install Service Pack 1 (SP1). In all cases, it is recommended that you have the current updates for your development tools installed.

Distribution

When you distribute your application that uses this library, you should install the appropriate files in the same folder as your application executable. This library is a standard Windows dynamic link library and not a self-registering COM component.