setsockopt (Windows Sockets) (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
This function sets a socket option.
Syntax
int setsockopt(
SOCKET s,
int level,
int optname,
const char FAR* optval,
int optlen
);
Parameters
- s
[in] Descriptor identifying a socket.
level
[in] Level at which the option is defined; the supported levels include:- **
- optname
[in] Socket option for which the value is to be set.
- optval
[in] Pointer to the buffer in which the value for the requested option is supplied.
- optlen
[in] Size of the optval buffer.
Return Value
If no error occurs, this function returns zero. If an error occurs, a value of SOCKET_ERROR is returned, and a specific error code can be retrieved by calling WSAGetLastError.
The following table shows a list of possible error codes.
| Error code | Description |
|---|---|
WSANOTINITIALISED |
A successful WSAStartup call must occur before using this function. |
WSAENETDOWN |
The network subsystem has failed. |
WSAEFAULT |
The optval parameteris not in a valid part of the process address space or the optlen parameter is too small. |
WSAEINPROGRESS |
A blocking Winsock call is in progress, or the service provider is still processing a callback function. |
WSAEINVAL |
The level parameteris not valid, or the information in optval is not valid. |
WSAENETRESET |
The connection has timed out when SO_KEEPALIVE is set. |
WSAENOPROTOOPT |
The option is unknown or unsupported for the specified provider or the socket. |
WSAENOTCONN |
The connection has been reset when SO_KEEPALIVE is set. |
WSAENOTSOCK |
The descriptor is not a socket. |
Remarks
This function sets the current value for a socket option associated with a socket of any type, in any state. Although options can exist at multiple protocol levels, they are always present at the uppermost socket level. Options affect socket operations, such as whether expedited data (out of band (OOB) data for example) is received in the usual data stream and whether broadcast messages can be sent on the socket.
Note
If this function is called before the bind (Windows Sockets) function, TCP/IP options will not be checked with TCP/IP until the bind occurs. In this case, the setsockopt function call will always succeed, but the bind function call may fail because of an early setsockopt failing.
There are two types of socket options: Boolean options that enable or disable behavior and options that require an integer value or structure. To enable a Boolean option, optval points to a nonzero integer. To disable the option, optval points to an integer equal to zero. The optlen parameter should be equal to sizeof(int) for Boolean options. For other options, optval points to the integer or structure that contains the desired value for the option and optlen is the length of the integer or structure.
The following options are supported for setsockopt. For default values of these options, see the Description column. The Type column identifies the type of data addressed by optval.
To view SOL_SOCKET options that are are supported for setsockopt, see SOL_SOCKET.
To view IPPROTO_TCP options that are are supported for setsockopt, see IPPROTO_TCP.
To view IPPROTO_IP options that are are supported for setsockopt, see IPPROTO_IP.
To view IPPROTO_IPv6 options that are are supported for setsockopt, see IPPROTO_IPV6.
To view SOL_IRLMP options that are are supported for setsockopt, see SOL_IRLMP.
The following list shows BSD options that are not supported for setsockopt .
- SO_ACCEPTCONN
- SO_RCVLOWAT
- SO_RCVTIMEO
- SO_SNDLOWAT
- SO_SNDTIMEO
- SO_TYPE
Notes for IrDA Sockets
- The Af_irda.h header file must be explicitly included.
- IrDA provides a settable socket options. For more information, see SOL_IRLMP.
- Many SO_ level socket options are not meaningful to IrDA. Only SO_LINGER is specifically supported.
For more inforamtion about IrDA support in Windows Embedded CE, see Infrared Communications.
The following structure shows IAS_SET used with the IRLMP_IAS_SET setsockopt option to manage the local IAS database.
typedef struct _IAS_SET
{
char irdaClassName[IAS_MAX_CLASSNAME];
char irdaAttribName[IAS_MAX_ATTRIBNAME];
u_long irdaAttribType;
union
{
LONG irdaAttribInt;
struct
{
u_short Len;
u_char OctetSeq[IAS_MAX_OCTET_STRING];
} irdaAttribOctetSeq;
struct
{
u_char Len;
u_char CharSet;
u_char UsrStr[IAS_MAX_USER_STRING];
} irdaAttribUsrStr;
} irdaAttribute;
} IAS_SET, *PIAS_SET, FAR *LPIAS_SET;
The following structure shows IAS_QUERY used with the IRLMP_IAS_QUERY setsockopt option to query a peer's IAS database.
typedef struct _WINDOWS_IAS_QUERY
{
u_char irdaDeviceID[4];
char irdaClassName[IAS_MAX_CLASSNAME];
char irdaAttribName[IAS_MAX_ATTRIBNAME];
u_long irdaAttribType;
union
{
LONG irdaAttribInt;
struct
{
u_long Len;
u_char OctetSeq[IAS_MAX_OCTET_STRING];
} irdaAttribOctetSeq;
struct
{
u_long Len;
u_long CharSet;
u_char UsrStr[IAS_MAX_USER_STRING];
} irdaAttribUsrStr;
} irdaAttribute;
} IAS_QUERY, *PIAS_QUERY, FAR *LPIAS_QUERY;
Requirements
| Header | winsock2.h |
| Library | Ws2.lib |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
See Also
Reference
bind (Windows Sockets)
closesocket
getsockopt (Windows Sockets)
ioctlsocket
linger
listen
send
socket (Windows Sockets)
WSAAccept
WSAEventSelect
WSAGetLastError
WSAStartup