C / C++ / MFC

class CNetwork
{
  ...
  static DWORD WINAPI StaticListeningForClients(LPVOID Arg1)
  {
   CNetwork* object=(CNetwork*)(Arg1); // the object passed in CreateThread
   object->ListeningForClients();
  }
 
  void ListeningForClients() //non-static
  {
    // the real stuff here
  }

  ...
  CreateThread( NULL, 0, &ListeningForClients, this, 0, 0);
  // Here's the trick, we're passing this as the callback parameter
};

int swap_int(int x)
{
  int y;
  char *p0=reinterpret_cast<char *>(&x);
  char *p1=reinterpret_cast<char *>(&y);
 
  p1[0]=p0[3];
  p1[1]=p0[2];
  p1[2]=p0[1];
  p1[3]=p0[0];
 
  return y;
}

template <class T> T ReverseBYTES (T &t)
{
    // reverses the bytes in 't'
    int bytes = sizeof(T);
    T rev;
    BYTE *ptr1 = (BYTE *)&t;
    BYTE *ptr2 = (BYTE *)&rev;
    for (int x = 0; x < bytes; x++)
        ptr2[x] = ptr1[bytes - x - 1];
    return rev;
}

u_long ntohl (
  u_long netlong  
);


The ntohl function takes a 32-bit number in TCP/IP network byte order and returns a 32-bit number in host byte order.

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Peter Weyzen<br />
Staff Engineer<br />
Santa Cruz Networks