Function Reference


TCPNameToIP

Converts an Internet name to IP address.

TCPNameToIP ( name )

Parameters

name String containing an Internet name.

Return Value

Success: a string containing IP address corresponding to the name.
Failure: "" and sets the @error flag to non-zero.
@error: Windows API WSAGetLastError return value (see MSDN).

Remarks

TCPStartup() is needed before this call.

Related

TCPStartup

Example

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
        ; Start the TCP service.
        TCPStartup()

        ; Register OnAutoItExit to be called when the script is closed.
        OnAutoItExitRegister("OnAutoItExit")

        ; Assign a Local variable the IP address of www.autoitscript.com.
        Local $sIPAddress = TCPNameToIP("www.autoitscript.com")

        ; If an error occurred display the error code and return False.
        If @error Then
                MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Error code: " & @error)
                Return False
        Else
                ; Display the IP address.
                MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "Domain name to IP : " & $sIPAddress)
        EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Func OnAutoItExit()
        TCPShutdown() ; Close the TCP service.
EndFunc   ;==>OnAutoItExit