Network Programming for Microsoft Windows Comments and Corrections

This article contains comments, corrections, and information about known errors relating to the Microsoft Press book Network Programming for Microsoft Windows, ISBN 0-7356-0560-2.

The following topics are covered:

• Page 130: Error In Chart 5-4
• Page 231: Code Correction
• Page 283: SO_SNDBUF Table Corrections
• Page 320: Changes In SIO_ROUTING_INTERFACE_QUERY Table
• Page 387: Text Error

Page 130: Error In Chart 5-4

The first line in the chart on page 130 contains an error.

Change:
Internet Protocol (IP) AF_INET TCP SOCK_STREAM IPPROTO_IP

To:
Internet Protocol (IP) AF_INET TCP SOCK_STREAM IPPROTO_TCP

Page 231: Code Correction

On page 231, in the 5th line of code change:
To:

Page 283: SO_SNDBUF Table Corrections

On page 283, in the "SO_SNDBUF" table, in the Description column:

Change:
"TRUE (nonzero) means socket is configured for sending broadcast messages"

To:
"Gets or sets the per-socket buffer size for send operations"

Also, in the optval Type column:

Change:
"BOOL"

To:
"int"

Page 320: Changes In SIO_ROUTING_INTERFACE_QUERY Table

On page 320, in the SIO_ROUTING_INTERFACE_QUERY table, the "Output" and "Description" sections need revision.

Change the Output from:
"None"

To:
"SOCKADDR"

Change the Description from:
"Determines whether OOB data has been read"

To:
"Obtains the address of the local interface that should be used to send to the specified address."

Page 387: Text Error

Page 387, paragraph 4, sentence 1:
Change: "...exists for use with the WSAloctl or ioctlsocket function that performs..."
To: "...exists for use with the WSAloctl function that performs..."

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