I've covered some of the basics of writing a sockets program in previous articles (see "Introduction to Sockets," MC, September 1995 and "Plug In to Sockets," MC, January 1996). Sockets is a communications API commonly used over the TCP/IP protocol. Maybe you've read those articles and you're still having a hard time writing your own sockets programs.
If that's the case, you might want to turn to QUSRTOOL. The V3R1 version of QUSRTOOL contains a new set of Cand DDS source members that are example sockets programs. The program TSOXSOCK allows you to interactively issue sockets function calls. (You can see what TSOXSOCK looks like in 5.) What better way to learn how to use the sockets functions?
If that's the case, you might want to turn to QUSRTOOL. The V3R1 version of QUSRTOOL contains a new set of Cand DDS source members that are example sockets programs. The program TSOXSOCK allows you to interactively issue sockets function calls. (You can see what TSOXSOCK looks like in Figure 5.) What better way to learn how to use the sockets functions?
6 contains a list of the members you need to compile in order to get this tool working. One note of caution, though: Remember that the tools in QUSRTOOL are not supported. For example, one problem I had was that the DDS source members had a type of LF. However, if you're trying to learn this important API, TSOXSOCK may be just the tool you need.
Figure 6 contains a list of the members you need to compile in order to get this tool working. One note of caution, though: Remember that the tools in QUSRTOOL are not supported. For example, one problem I had was that the DDS source members had a type of LF. However, if you're trying to learn this important API, TSOXSOCK may be just the tool you need.
- Jim Hoopes
TechTalk: If you need help writing a sockets program, turn to QUSRTOOL.
Figure 5: QUSRTOOL Sockets Tool Screen
TechTalk: If you need help writing a sockets program, turn to QUSRTOOL.
Figure 6: List of Members Needed for TSOXSOCK QUSRTOOL
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