Bind and Listen on an Available Port in a Range

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Demonstrates Socket.BindAndListenPortRange, which searches an inclusive port range for an available TCP port, binds it, and begins listening. It returns the selected port, or -1 on failure.

#include <CkSocketW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkSocketW socket;

    //  Search the inclusive port range for an available TCP port, bind it, and begin listening.  The
    //  method returns the selected port, or -1 when no port can be bound.
    int boundPort = socket.BindAndListenPortRange(5000,5100,25);
    if (boundPort < 0) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",socket.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Listening on port %d\n",boundPort);
    }