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Resolve a Hostname to an IP Address

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Demonstrates Socket.DnsLookup, which resolves a hostname and returns one numeric IP address.

Background. A maxWaitMs of 0 waits indefinitely; a positive value bounds the wait. Resolved results may be served from Chilkat's process-wide DNS cache.

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$oSocket = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Socket")

;  Resolve a hostname to a numeric IP address, waiting up to 5 seconds.
Local $sIpAddress = $oSocket.DnsLookup("example.com",5000)
If ($oSocket.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oSocket.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Resolved IP address: " & $sIpAddress & @CRLF)