Connect(String,Int32,String,Int32) Method

Connect to a host, specifying the local interface to use.

[Visual Basic]
<DescriptionAttribute("Connect to a server using a specific interface and port.")>
Overloads Public Sub Connect( _
   ByVal server As String, _
   ByVal serverPort As Integer, _
   ByVal client As String, _
   ByVal clientPort As Integer _
) 

[C#]
[DescriptionAttribute("Connect to a server using a specific interface and port.")]
public void Connect( 
   string server,
   int serverPort,
   string client,
   int clientPort
);

[C++]
[DescriptionAttribute("Connect to a server using a specific interface and port.")]
public: void Connect( 
   string* server,
   int serverPort,
   string* client,
   int clientPort
) 

[C++/CLI]
[DescriptionAttribute("Connect to a server using a specific interface and port.")]
public:
void Connect( 
   String^ server,
   int serverPort,
   String^ client,
   int clientPort
) 

Parameters

server

Remote hostname or address in dot notation.

serverPort

Remote port, a number between 1 and 65535, inclusive.

client

Optional local hostname or address in dot notation. Use "" as default.

clientPort

Optional local port, a number between 1 and 65535, inclusive. Use 0 as default.

Remarks

The Connect method establishes a network connection between the specified local network interface/port and the device identified by remote network address/port. If no exception is thrown, the connection has succeeded and the Connected property will return true after this method returns. Once the connection has been made, you can send/receive data to/from the server.

This method always blocks until the attempted connection succeeds or fails.

Example

The following example demonstrates connecting to a server while specifying a local interface to use.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family

See Also

Tcp Class  | Tcp Members  | Overload List