VC++ 2005 Express and Winsock

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Rich - 24 Nov 2006 15:15 GMT

I have some old C code that uses winsock for network programming. It
appears that VC++ 2005 (Express) does not include winsock support. Is
there any way to use winsock functions?

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Ben Voigt - 24 Nov 2006 15:51 GMT

>I have some old C code that uses winsock for network programming. It
> appears that VC++ 2005 (Express) does not include winsock support. Is
> there any way to use winsock functions?

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Rich - 24 Nov 2006 16:20 GMT

Thanks Ben - I knew there was something simple I was missing.
Got it working now.

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