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

Parameters

lpszRemoteHost
A pointer to the name of the server to connect to; this may be a fully-qualified domain name or an IP address.
nRemotePort
The port number the 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 from the server before failing the current operation.
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 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Server: Requires Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003.
Header: Include cstools7.h.
Library: Use cswhoav7.lib.
Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions.

See Also

WhoisAsyncConnect, WhoisDisconnect, WhoisInitialize, WhoisSearch