C buffer to Powerbasic buffer

[Andreas Gaida]

Hello
i have the problem that i will a windows Function recfrom make a buffer
of 4096 bytes .can every one tell me how i can make the buffer in powerbasic so is compatible to a C buffer what the Function need.

DECLARE FUNCTION recvfrom LIB "ws2_32.dll" ALIAS "recvfrom" (BYVAL s AS DWORD, buf AS ANY, BYVAL buflen AS LONG, BYVAL flags AS LONG, saFrom AS SOCKADDR, fromlen AS LONG) AS LONG

I have the Problem with "buf AS ANY" i dont know how to dim or creat it in the right large.
I thanks for help.

with high regards
Andreas

[Dave Biggs]

Try posting a code sample so that people can better see what you are trying to do and can offer advice.

[Andreas Gaida]

I have extendet my first message to better show my problem

[Dave Biggs]

There's some sample code posted by Peter Lameijn here which might help you...

http://www.powerbasic.com/support/pbforums/showthread.php?t=24376

The function 'recvfrom' is used in Peter's example with 'buf' dimmed as a fixed length string so possibly what you need is "Dim buf As String * 4096" ?

[Andreas Gaida]

Thanks for the Help this was i need.