Using This Document

This document provides the on-line material needed to create a Windows Sockets application for the Windows NT and the Windows 95 operating systems, using the Microsoft implementation of Windows Sockets 2. It is intended as a reference tool and outlines the functions in the Windows Sockets API.

You should be familiar with Win32 programming concepts to make the best use of this document. Thus, you may want to refer to other references that provide a more systematic guide to writing Windows Sockets applications.

Note This documentation is intended for application developers. If you are developing a transport or service provider, see the "Service Provider Documentation" installed with the Platform SDK.