WSAStart Initialize WinsockDll

InitWinsockDll.cpp

#include <winsock2.h>
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;

bool InitWinsockDLL()
{
  WSADATA wsaData;
	//
	///* Use the MAKEWORD(lowbyte, highbyte) macro declared in Windef.h */
	WORD wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(2, 2);
	int iResult = WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData);

	if (iResult != 0) 
	{
		cout <<  "WSAStartup failed with error: "<< iResult << endl;
		return false;
	}

	if (LOBYTE(wsaData.wVersion) != 2 || HIBYTE(wsaData.wVersion) != 2) 
	{
		/* Tell the user that we could not find a usable */
		/* WinSock DLL.                                  */
		cout <<  "Could not find a usable version of Winsock.dll" << endl;
		WSACleanup();
		return false;
	}

	cout <<  "The Winsock 2.2 dll was found okay" << endl;
	return true;
}