Need help on MSVC++ socket error

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

Okay, so I'm using MFC, right?  Well, that's all fine and dandy.  I've got my form, I've got my classes, member variables, all that shit.  My problem, however, is the following:

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void void CIde_testDlg::OnGet()
{
tagVARIANT addr;
tagVARIANT port;
addr.pcVal = "valhallalegends.com";
port.intVal = 80;
m_sock.Connect(addr, port);
}Everything compiles fine, but when I click the "Get" button, a message box pops up and says "Unsupported variant types".  Google and MSDN failed to help me figure out what's going on, so I hope someone here knows.

[MyndFyre]

Why are you using VARIANT structures for your data?  Why not just your normal everyday types?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vclib/html/_mfc_casyncsocket.3a3a.connect.asp talks about the overloaded CAsyncSocket::Connect method.

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

Because I'm still fairly new to MFC, and that's what the control uses (which was created by MFC).

[MyndFyre]

Because I'm still fairly new to MFC, and that's what the control uses (which was created by MFC).

I guess I still don't understand.  You're not using an actual MFC socket object (CAsyncSocket or CSocket), but another control that was created *using* MFC?

What type is the m_sock variable?

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

The m_sock variable is a CMSWinsockControl, which is the only option available.

[MyndFyre]

The m_sock variable is a CMSWinsockControl, which is the only option available.

Do you *need* to use a control?  MSDN returns nothing when I search for that type.

If you're using MFC, why not just use the built-in CAsyncSocket or CSocket classes?  These are part of MFC.

[R.a.B.B.i.T]

Thanks, I don't have any problems now (so far).  I didn't know about those