Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!wang!ice From: ice@wang.com (Fredrik Nyman) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: using socket library under Windows3 Message-ID: Date: 24 Jan 91 15:18:31 GMT References: <1991Jan22.060324.326@technix.oz.au> Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA Lines: 31 enno@technix.oz.au (Enno Davids) writes: >We're involved in porting an application to windows 3.0 that >requires a BSD sockets library. We have all of the commercial >sockets libraries (ie. Wollongong, HP, Locus, PC/TCP..) and >none of them will link with our application to produce a >valid windows program (because they are all DOS libraries, the >function preambles are different, and they use interupts). >Does anybody know how to get over this limitation, or better >yet have or know of a sockets library for windows. As this is >a commercial project for a large client, reasonable fees are >negotiable. ;-) To my knowledge, the only vendor shipping a TCP/IP package for Windows is NetManage, Inc. Their package is called NetManage NEWT, and it has a fairly complete socket library. I've been using NEWT since late November, and I've been happy both with the functionality it offers and with Netmanages excellent support. Contact them at 10020 North DeAnza Blvd., Suite 101 Cupertino, CA 95014 Phone (408) 257-6404 FAX (408) 257-6405 -- Disclaimer: Wang doesn't care about my opinions, so why should you? Internet: BITNET: (in order of preference) USnail: Wang Labs, Inc., M/S 019-490, One Industrial Ave., Lowell, MA 01851