NET Listen

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Definition

INT NET_Listen ( <WORD port> , [<BYTE consolereports>] )

Opens a listenconnection on the specified port. The connections accepted will inherit certain variables from the listenport they were connected on. These variables are consolereports and separator. You only need to call this function once in order to accept multiple clients. The listening connection can be closed with NET_Disconnect().

Parameters

WORD port	- The port on which to listen.
[BYTE consolereports]	- true/false: specifies whether there will be console reports for this connection (like messages).

Returns

INT : Connection identifier.

NET_ERROR_INVALIDSOCKETSET	- The socketset is invalid.
NET_ERROR_SOCKETSETINACTIVE	- The socketset is inactive.
NET_ERROR_INVALIDPORTNUMBER	- The portnumber is invalid (<0 or >65535).
NET_ERROR_INVALIDTYPE	- The type specified is invalid.
NET_ERROR_TOOMANYCONNS	- There are too many connections
NET_ERROR_RESOLVINGHOST	- Could not resolve host.
NET_ERROR_LISTENINGONCONN	- Could not listen on connection.
NET_ERROR_ADDINGSOCKET	- Could not add socket to socketset.
0 - n	- Connection identifier. (Where n is the number of maximum allowed connections)

Example

Program example;
    include "Network.fh";
Begin

    NET_Init(0,10,1);
    NET_Listen(4555,true);
   
    Loop
        frame;
    End

End