WSALookupServiceNextA function (winsock2.h)
The WSALookupServiceNext function is called after obtaining a handle from a previous call to WSALookupServiceBegin in order to retrieve the requested service information.
The provider will pass back a WSAQUERYSET structure in the lpqsResults buffer. The client should continue to call this function until it returns WSA_E_NO_MORE, indicating that all of WSAQUERYSET has been returned.
Syntax
INT WSAAPI WSALookupServiceNextA(
[in] HANDLE hLookup,
[in] DWORD dwControlFlags,
[in, out] LPDWORD lpdwBufferLength,
[out] LPWSAQUERYSETA lpqsResults
);
Parameters
[in] hLookup
A handle returned from the previous call to WSALookupServiceBegin.
[in] dwControlFlags
A set of flags that controls the operation. The values passed in the dwControlFlags parameter to the WSALookupServiceBegin function determine the possible criteria. Any values passed in the dwControlFlags parameter to the WSALookupServiceNext function further restrict the criteria for the service lookup.
Currently, LUP_FLUSHPREVIOUS is defined as a means to cope with a result set that is too large. If an application does not (or cannot) supply a large enough buffer, setting LUP_FLUSHPREVIOUS instructs the provider to discard the last result set—which was too large—and move on to the next set for this call.
Supported values for the dwControlFlags parameter are defined in the Winsock2.h header file and can be a combination of the following options.
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
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Queries deep as opposed to just the first level. |
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Returns containers only. |
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Do not return containers. |
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If possible, returns results in the order of distance. The measure of distance is provider specific. |
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Retrieves the name as lpszServiceInstanceName. |
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Retrieves the type as lpServiceClassId. |
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Retrieves the version as lpVersion. |
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Retrieves the comment as lpszComment. |
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Retrieves the addresses as lpcsaBuffer. |
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Retrieves the private data as lpBlob. |
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Any available alias information is to be returned in successive calls to WSALookupServiceNext, and each alias returned will have the RESULT_IS_ALIAS flag set. |
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Retrieves the query string used for the request. |
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A set of flags that retrieves all of the LUP_RETURN_* values. |
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Used as a value for the dwControlFlags parameter in WSALookupServiceNext. Setting this flag instructs the provider to discard the last result set, which was too large for the specified buffer, and move on to the next result set. |
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If the provider has been caching information, ignores the cache, and queries the namespace itself. |
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This indicates whether prime response is in the remote or local part of CSADDR_INFO structure. The other part needs to be usable in either case. |
[in, out] lpdwBufferLength
On input, the number of bytes contained in the buffer pointed to by lpqsResults. On output, if the function fails and the error is WSAEFAULT, then it contains the minimum number of bytes to pass for the lpqsResults to retrieve the record.
[out] lpqsResults
A pointer to a block of memory, which will contain one result set in a WSAQUERYSET structure on return.
Return value
The return value is zero if the operation was successful. Otherwise, the value SOCKET_ERROR is returned, and a specific error number can be retrieved by calling WSAGetLastError.
| Error code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A call to WSALookupServiceEnd was made while this call was still processing. The call has been canceled. The data in the lpqsResults buffer is undefined. In Windows Sockets version 2, conflicting error codes are defined for WSAECANCELLED (10103) and WSA_E_CANCELLED (10111). The error code WSAECANCELLED will be removed in a future version and only WSA_E_CANCELLED will remain. For Windows Sockets version 2, however, applications should check for both WSAECANCELLED and WSA_E_CANCELLED for the widest possible compatibility with namespace providers that use either one. | |
| There is no more data available. In Windows Sockets version 2, conflicting error codes are defined for WSAENOMORE (10102) and WSA_E_NO_MORE (10110). The error code WSAENOMORE will be removed in a future version and only WSA_E_NO_MORE will remain. For Windows Sockets version 2, however, applications should check for both WSAENOMORE and WSA_E_NO_MORE for the widest possible compatibility with name-space providers that use either one. | |
| The lpqsResults buffer was too small to contain a WSAQUERYSET set. | |
| One or more required parameters were invalid or missing. | |
| The specified Lookup handle is invalid. | |
| The WS2_32.DLL has not been initialized. The application must first call WSAStartup before calling any Windows Sockets functions. | |
| The name was found in the database, but no data matching the given restrictions was located. | |
| There was insufficient memory to perform the operation. |
Remarks
The dwControlFlags parameter specified in this function and the ones specified at the time of WSALookupServiceBegin are treated as restrictions for the purpose of combination. The restrictions are combined between the ones at WSALookupServiceBegin time and the ones at WSALookupServiceNext time. Therefore the flags at WSALookupServiceNext can never increase the amount of data returned beyond what was requested at WSALookupServiceBegin, although it is not an error to specify more or fewer flags. The flags specified at a given WSALookupServiceNext apply only to that call.
The dwControlFlags LUP_FLUSHPREVIOUS and LUP_RES_SERVICE are exceptions to the combined restrictions rule (because they are behavior flags instead of restriction flags). If either of these flags are used in WSALookupServiceNext they have their defined effect regardless of the setting of the same flags at WSALookupServiceBegin.
For example, if LUP_RETURN_VERSION is specified at WSALookupServiceBegin the service provider retrieves records including the version. If LUP_RETURN_VERSION is NOT specified at WSALookupServiceNext, the returned information does not include the version, even though it was available. No error is generated.
Also for example, if LUP_RETURN_BLOB is NOT specified at WSALookupServiceBegin but is specified at WSALookupServiceNext, the returned information does not include the private data. No error is generated.
If the WSALookupServiceNext function fails with an error of WSAEFAULT, this indicates that the buffer pointed to by the lpqsResults parameter was too small to contain the query results. A new buffer for a WSAQUERYSET should be provided with a size specified by the value pointed to by the lpdwBufferLength parameter. This new buffer for the WSAQUERYSET needs to have some of the members of the WSAQUERYSET specified before calling the WSALookupServiceNext function again. At a minimum, the dwSize member of the WSAQUERYSET must be set to the new size of the buffer.
Query Results
The following table describes how the query results are represented in the WSAQUERYSET structure.| WSAQUERYSET member | Result interpretation |
|---|---|
| dwSize | Will be set to sizeof( WSAQUERYSET). This is used as a versioning mechanism. |
| dwOutputFlags | RESULT_IS_ALIAS flag indicates this is an alias result. |
| lpszServiceInstanceName | Referenced string contains service name. |
| lpServiceClassId | The GUID corresponding to the service class. |
| lpVersion | References version number of the particular service instance. |
| lpszComment | Optional comment string specified by service instance. |
| dwNameSpace | Namespace in which the service instance was found. |
| lpNSProviderId | Identifies the specific namespace provider that supplied this query result. |
| lpszContext | Specifies the context point in a hierarchical namespace at which the service is located. |
| dwNumberOfProtocols | Undefined for results. |
| lpafpProtocols | Undefined for results, all needed protocol information is in the CSADDR_INFO structures. |
| lpszQueryString | When dwControlFlags includes LUP_RETURN_QUERY_STRING, this parameter returns the unparsed remainder of the lpszServiceInstanceName specified in the original query. For example, in a namespace that identifies services by hierarchical names that specify a host name and a file path within that host, the address returned might be the host address and the unparsed remainder might be the file path. If the lpszServiceInstanceName is fully parsed and LUP_RETURN_QUERY_STRING is used, this parameter is NULL or points to a zero-length string. |
| dwNumberOfCsAddrs | Indicates the number of elements in the array of CSADDR_INFO structures. |
| lpcsaBuffer | A pointer to an array of CSADDR_INFO structures, with one complete transport address contained within each element. |
| lpBlob | (Optional) This is a pointer to a provider-specific entity. |
Windows Phone 8: The WSALookupServiceNextW function is supported for Windows Phone Store apps on Windows Phone 8 and later.
Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: The WSALookupServiceNextW function is supported for Windows Store apps on Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, and later.
Note
The winsock2.h header defines WSALookupServiceNext as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client | Windows 8.1, Windows Vista [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps | UWP apps] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | winsock2.h |
| Library | Ws2_32.lib |
| DLL | Ws2_32.dll |
See also
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