give status of winsock connection

[clientuser]

i have a chat program being worked on and want to know how can i tell if the server piece of the chat is online and running?

this also meaning if the server app is online on one machine and the client piece on another..

the server will have a dedicated ip if that helps....

 

[clientuser]

no one knows the answer to this?

 

[bmdb]

Try searching MSDN for 'Winsock'. It will tell you what you need to know.