Winsock2.h and "unresolved external error"
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I am trying to do this: char szHostName[MAX_PATH]; gethostname(szHostName, MAX_PATH); I have included winsock2.h yet am getting: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__gethostname@8 Anybody know what I am missing? VS2002 thanks, -mutty
Sounds like you are not linking with the Winsock2 library (
Ws2_32.lib). Peace! -=- James
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I am trying to do this: char szHostName[MAX_PATH]; gethostname(szHostName, MAX_PATH); I have included winsock2.h yet am getting: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__gethostname@8 Anybody know what I am missing? VS2002 thanks, -mutty
Mutty wrote:
I have included winsock2.h yet am getting: error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp__gethostname@8
Linker errors and header files (usually) have nothing to do with each other. Had it been a header-related issue, you would have most likely seen a compiler error.
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Sounds like you are not linking with the Winsock2 library (
Ws2_32.lib). Peace! -=- James
If you think it costs a lot to do it right, just wait until you find out how much it costs to do it wrong!
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thank you - how do I link WS2_32.lib? Stupid - never mind this. I was trying to open the property pages for the SOLUTION, not the Project. No wonder there was no linker folder! -mutty -- modified at 13:42 Tuesday 14th February, 2006
Mutty wrote:
thank you - how do I link WS2_32.lib?
#pragma comment(lib,"WS2_32.lib")
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