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Function name : WSACreateEvent

Group: Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock) - Library: ws2_32

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The WSACreateEvent function creates a new event object.

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Code examples:

Winsock: sending email messages (SMTP, port 25)
Winsock: retrieving directory listing from an FTP server using passive data connection (FTP, port 21)
Winsock: reading email messages (POP3, port 110)
Winsock: connecting to a news server (NNTP, port 119)

Declaration:

WSAEVENT WSACreateEvent(void);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER WSACreateEvent IN ws2_32  

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Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

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Return value:

If no error occurs, WSACreateEvent returns the handle of the event object. Otherwise, the return value is WSA_INVALID_EVENT.

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Comments:

The scope of an event object is limited to the process in which it is created.

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