NAME¶

GetTypeByNameA (WSOCK32.1113)

SYNOPSIS¶

INT GetTypeByNameA
(
LPSTR lpServiceName,
LPGUID lpServiceType
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Retrieve a service type GUID for a network service specified by name.

PARAMS¶

lpServiceName [In] NUL-terminated ASCII string that uniquely represents the name of the service. lpServiceType [Out] Destination for the service type GUID.

RETURNS¶

Success: 0. lpServiceType contains the requested GUID Failure: SOCKET_ERROR. GetLastError(3w) can return ERROR_SERVICE_DOES_NOT_EXIST.

NOTES¶

Obsolete Microsoft-specific extension to Winsock 1.1. Protocol-independent name resolution provides equivalent functionality in Winsock 2.

BUGS¶

Unimplemented

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "nspapi.h". Implemented in "dlls/wsock32/service.c". Debug channel "winsock".