CTelnetClient::Connect Method  
 
BOOL Connect(
  LPCTSTR lpszRemoteHost,  
  UINT nRemotePort,  
  UINT nTimeout,  
  DWORD dwOptions  
);

The Connect method establishes a connection with the specified server.

Parameters

lpszRemoteHost
The name of the server to connect to; this may be a fully-qualified domain name or an IP address.
nRemotePort
The port number the server is listening on; a value of zero specifies that the default port number should be used. For standard connections, the default port number is 23. For secure connections, the default port number is 992.
nTimeout
The number of seconds that the client will wait for a response from the server before failing the current operation.
dwOptions
An unsigned integer that specifies one or more options. This parameter is constructed by using a bitwise operator with any of the following values:
Value Description
TELNET_OPTION_NONE No connection options specified. A standard connection to the server will be established using the specified host name and port number.
TELNET_OPTION_TUNNEL This option specifies that a tunneled TCP connection and/or port-forwarding is being used to establish the connection to the server. This changes the behavior of the client with regards to internal checks of the destination IP address and remote port number, default capability selection and how the connection is established.
TELNET_OPTION_TRUSTEDSITE This option specifies the server is trusted. The server certificate will not be validated and the connection will always be permitted. This option only affects connections using the TLS protocol.
TELNET_OPTION_SECURE This option specifies the client should attempt to establish a secure connection with the server. Note that the server must support secure connections using the TLS protocol.
TELNET_OPTION_SECURE_EXPLICIT This option specifies the client should attempt to establish a secure connection with the server using the START_TLS option. The client initiates a standard connection with the server, then requests a secure connection during the option negotiation process.
TELNET_OPTION_SECURE_FALLBACK This option specifies the client should permit the use of less secure cipher suites for compatibility with legacy servers. If this option is specified, the client will allow connections using TLS 1.0 and cipher suites that use RC4, MD5 and SHA1.
TELNET_OPTION_PREFER_IPV6 This option specifies the client should prefer the use of IPv6 if the server hostname can be resolved to both an IPv6 and IPv4 address. This option is ignored if the local system does not have IPv6 enabled, or when the hostname can only be resolved to an IPv4 address. If the server hostname can only be resolved to an IPv6 address, the client will attempt to establish a connection using IPv6 regardless if this option has been specified.
TELNET_OPTION_FREETHREAD This option specifies the handle returned by this function may be used by any thread, and is not limited to the thread which created it. The application is responsible for ensuring that access to the handle is synchronized across multiple threads.
hEventWnd
The handle to the event notification window. This window receives messages which notify the client of various asynchronous network events that occur. If this argument is NULL, then the client session will be blocking and no network events will be sent to the client.
uEventMsg
The message identifier that is used when an asynchronous network event occurs. This value should be greater than WM_USER as defined in the Windows header files. If the hEventWnd argument is NULL, this argument should be specified as WM_NULL.

Return Value

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

Remarks

This method will block the current thread until a connection has been established or the timeout period has elapsed. To prevent it from blocking the main user interface thread, the application should create a background worker thread and establish a connection by calling the Connect method in that thread. If the application requires multiple simultaneous connections, it is recommended you create a worker thread for each connection.

The dwOptions argument can be used to specify the threading model that is used by the library when a connection is established. By default, the class instance is initially attached to the thread that created it. From that point on, until the handle is released, only the owner may call methods using that instance of the class. The ownership of the class instance may be transferred from one thread to another using the AttachThread method.

Specifying the TELNET_OPTION_FREETHREAD option enables any thread to call any method in that instance of the class, regardless of which thread created it. It is important to note that this option disables certain internal safety checks which are performed by the library and may result in unexpected behavior unless access to the class instance is synchronized. If one thread calls a function in the library, it must ensure that no other thread will call another function at the same time using the same instance.

Requirements

Minimum Desktop Platform: Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Minimum Server Platform: Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
Header File: cstools11.h
Import Library: cstntv11.lib
Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions

See Also

CreateSecurityCredentials, Disconnect, GetSecurityInformation