WhoisConnect
HCLIENT WhoisConnect(
LPCTSTR lpszRemoteHost,  
UINT nRemotePort,  
UINT nTimeout,  
DWORD dwReserved  
);

Parameters

lpszRemoteHost
A pointer to the name of the remote host to connect to; this may be a fully-qualified domain name, or an IP address.
nRemotePort
The port number the remote server is listening on; a value of zero specifies that the default port number should be used.
nTimeout
The number of seconds that the client will wait for a response before failing the operation; a value of zero indicates that the client should wait an indefinite period of time.
dwReserved
A reserved parameter. This value should always be zero.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the return value is a handle to a client session. If the function fails, the return value is INVALID_CLIENT. To get extended error information, call WhoisGetLastError.

Requirements

Client: Requires Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2000 Professional.
Server: Requires Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server.
Header: Include cstools6.h.
Library: Use cswhoav6.lib.
Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions.

See Also

WhoisAsyncConnect, WhoisDisconnect, WhoisInitialize, WhoisSearch


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