Windows API Guide - Reference - Volume 1: Version 3.0 For the MS-DOS and PC-DOS Operating Systems

Type HOSTENT h_name As Long h_aliases As Long h_addrtype As Integer h_length As Integer h_addr_list As Long End Type

Description & Usage

The HOSTENT structure stores information about a host computer on a network. Most of the information in the structure is stored as a set of pointers to the actual data.

Visual Basic-Specific Issues

To access the data pointed to by the structure, it is necessary to use functions such as CopyMemory, lstrcpy, and lstrlen to copy the data into the appropriate variables. See the example for gethostbyname for a demonstration of how this is done.

Data Members

h_name

A pointer to a null-terminated string specifying the fully-qualified domain name of the host computer.

h_aliases

A pointer to a null-terminated array of alternate domain names for the host computer.

h_addrtype

The address family of the base protocol used by the network.

h_length

The length in bytes of each address pointed to by h_addr_list.

h_addr_list

A pointer to a null-terminated list of addresses for the host computer. The addresses are returned in network byte order.

Used By

gethostbyaddr, gethostbyname

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