WSASetEvent

The Windows Sockets WSASetEvent function sets the state of the specified event object to signaled.

BOOL WSASetEvent(
  WSAEVENT hEvent  
);
 

Paramters

hEvent
[in] A handle that identifies an open event object.

Remarks

The WSASetEvent function sets the state of the event object to be signaled.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE.

If the function fails, the return value is FALSE. To get extended error information, call WSAGetLastError.

Error Codes

WSANOTINITIALISED A successful WSAStartup must occur before using this function.
WSAENETDOWN The network subsystem has failed.
WSAEINPROGRESS A blocking Windows Sockets 1.1 call is in progress, or the service provider is still processing a callback function.
WSA_INVALID_HANDLE The hEvent paramter is not a valid event object handle.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Yes
  Windows: Yes
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winsock2.h.
  Import Library: Link with ws2_32.lib.

See Also

WSACloseEvent, WSACreateEvent, WSAResetEvent