Using the Annex Document

This document provides the information needed to create a Windows Sockets (Winsock) application for Microsoft® Windows NT®/Windows® 2000, Windows 98®, and 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 Protocol-Specific Annex.

To make the best use of this document, you should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Win32® programming concepts. If this is not the case, you may want to refer to other references that provide a more systematic guide to writing Winsock 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.