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Resolve a Hostname to an IP Address

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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loSocket = createobject("CkSocket")

//  Resolve a hostname to a numeric IP address, waiting up to 5 seconds.
lcIpAddress = loSocket.DnsLookup("example.com",5000)
if (loSocket.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loSocket.LastErrorText
    release loSocket
    return
endif

? "Resolved IP address: " + lcIpAddress


release loSocket