>Hi George,
>
>>I've been banging my head against the wall (figuratively, of course) trying to figure out what the parameters are so that I can add these. I've made a number of attempts, and haven't had much success.
>
>All I've found is the following excerpt of a backgrounder written by Calvin Hsia ("Custom OLE Server").
>
>-------------------------
>I've added three functions to Foxtools that will resolve IP addresses.
>
> {"_WSOCKSTARTUP", (FPFI) WSockStartup, 7, "I,R,R,R,R,R,R"},
> {"_WSOCKCLEANUP", (FPFI) WSockCleanup, 0, ""},
> {"_WSOCKGETHOSTBYADDR", (FPFI) WSockGetHostByAddr, 2, "C,R"},
>
>Call _WSOCKSTARTUP and _WSOCKCLEANUP to initialize/uninitialize the Winsock library. The _WSOCKGETHOSTBYADDR function takes an IP address string like "123.123.123.123" and resolves it into the name of the machine.
>
>// store 0 to buff1,buff2,buff3,buff4,buff5,buff6
>//?_wsockstartup(256 * 1 + 1,@buff1,@buff2,@buff3,@buff4,@buff5,@buff6)
>// integer version, wVersion,wHighVersion,szDescription,szSystemStatus,iMaxSockets,iMaxUdpDg
>
>
>//? _wsockgethostbyaddr("123.123.123.123",@buff1) &&returns 1 on success, 0 on failure
>// ?buff1 && returns the host name
>// Note: if the target machine is not available, this call can take a long time.
>-------------------
>
>
>>>BTW, may I upload the file to the CompuServe VFOX forum?
>>
>>Certainly.
>
>Thanks!


Hi Christof,

Terrific! Where did you find that? Many thanks. I'll try to do the testing this week. Hopefully, I'll have the modifications by the weekend. You might want to wait until then to upload it. When it's done, I forward a copy directly to your Compuserve address.

Thanks again,
>Christof