CInternetServer::GetAddress Method  
 
INT GetAddress(
  LPCTSTR lpszAddress,  
  INT nAddressFamily,  
  LPINTERNET_ADDRESS lpAddress  
);
INT GetAddress(
  LPCTSTR lpszAddress,  
  LPINTERNET_ADDRESS lpAddress  
);

The GetAddress method converts an IP address string to binary format.

Parameters

lpszAddress
A pointer to a null terminated string which specifies an IP address. This method recognizes the format for both IPv4 and IPv6 format addresses.
nAddressFamily
An integer which identifies the type of IP address specified by the lpszAddress parameter. It may be one of the following values:
Value Description
INET_ADDRESS_UNKNOWN Return the IP address for the specified host in either IPv4 or IPv6 format, depending on the value of the lpszAddress parameter.
INET_ADDRESS_IPV4 Specifies that the address should be in IPv4 format. The first four bytes of the ipNumber array are significant and contains the IP address. The remaining bytes are not significant and an application should not depend on them having any particular value, including zero. If the lpszAddress parameter does not specify a valid IPv4 address string, this method will fail.
INET_ADDRESS_IPV6 Specifies that the address should be in IPv6 format. All bytes in the ipNumber array are significant. If the lpszAddress parameter does not specify a valid IPv6 address string, this method will fail.
lpAddress
A pointer to an INTERNET_ADDRESS structure that will contain the IP address.

Return Value

If the method succeeds, the return value is zero. If the method fails, the return value is INET_ERROR. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

If the nAddressFamily parameter is specified as INET_ADDRESS_UNKNOWN, the application must be prepared to handle IPv6 addresses because it is possible that an IPv6 address string has been specified. For legacy applications that only recognize IPv4 addresses, the nAddressFamily member should always be specified as INET_ADDRESS_IPV4 to ensure that only IPv4 addresses are returned and any attempt to specify an IPv6 address string would result in an error.

To determine if the local system has an IPv6 TCP/IP stack installed and configured on the local system, use the IsProtocolAvailable method. If an IPv6 stack is not installed, this method will fail if the lpszAddress parameter specifies an IPv6 address, even if the address itself is valid.

Requirements

Minimum Desktop Platform: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Minimum Server Platform: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Header File: cswsock11.h
Import Library: cswskv11.lib
Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions

See Also

FormatAddress, IsAddressNull, IsAddressRoutable, IsProtocolAvailable, INTERNET_ADDRESS