WSAHtonl function (winsock2.h)

The WSAHtonl function converts a u_long from host byte order to network byte order.

Syntax

int WSAAPI WSAHtonl(
  [in]  SOCKET s,
  [in]  u_long hostlong,
  [out] u_long *lpnetlong
);

Parameters

[in] s

A descriptor identifying a socket.

[in] hostlong

A 32-bit number in host byte order.

[out] lpnetlong

A pointer to a 32-bit number to receive the number in network byte order.

Return value

If no error occurs, WSAHtonl returns zero. Otherwise, a value of SOCKET_ERROR is returned, and a specific error code can be retrieved by calling WSAGetLastError.

Remarks

The WSAHtonl function takes a 32-bit number in host byte order and returns a 32-bit number in network byte order in the 32-bit number pointed to by the lpnetlong parameter. The socket passed in the s parameter is used to determine the network byte order required based on the Winsock catalog protocol entry associated with the socket. This feature supports Winsock providers that use different network byte orders.

If the socket is for the AF_INET or AF_INET6 address family, the WSAHtonl function can be used to convert an IPv4 address in host byte order to the IPv4 address in network byte order. This function does not do any checking to determine if the hostlong parameter is a valid IPv4 address.

The WSAHtonl function requires that the Winsock DLL has previously been loaded with a successful call to the WSAStartup function. For use with the AF_INET or AF_INET6 family, the htonl function does not require that the Winsock DLL be loaded.

Windows Phone 8: This function is supported for Windows Phone Store apps on Windows Phone 8 and later.

Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: This function is supported for Windows Store apps on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and later.

Requirements

See also

InetNtop

WSAHtons

WSANtohl

WSANtohs

Winsock Functions

Winsock Reference

htonl

htons

inet_addr

inet_ntoa

ntohl

ntohs