CSOCKET-CREATE-CLIENT

This operation attempts to connect to a server.

Syntax:

CALL "C$SOCKET" USING CSOCKET-CREATE-CLIENT                        portNumber                        serverName                 GIVING clientHandle

Parameters:

CSOCKET-CREATE-CLIENT	Constant
portNumber	PIC 9 (n)	Numeric value specifying the port on which the socket is created.
serverName	PIC X(n)	The machine name or ip address of the server.
clientHandle	USAGE HANDLE	Handle of the client or zero if operation fails.

Note: the SO_KEEPALIVE attribute for the socket between client and server is configurable through the property iscobol.csocket.keepalive (boolean) .