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Re: Indy and WinSock2.h problem

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From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:29
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"Stefano Bonifazi" <stefboombastic@email.it> wrote in message
news:4208eb0f@newsgroups.borland.com...

>  When compiling a project with an Indy 9 component I always
> get the following compiler error:

Your project has previously included winsock.h before Indy included
winsock2.h.  The two headers are not compatible with each other.

> I tried to fix that as suggested in a previous Newsgroup thread
> by adding _WINSOCKAPI_ to the project conditionals

That will not work, as you already noticed.

> I need both Indy and BCB Sockets components in my project!

Why?  Indy does everything that Borland's native sockets do, and more.  You
are better off not mixing multiple socket libraries together.


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