Re: networking functionality

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From: Vipin (vipin_at_nospam.com)
Date: 12/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:12:09 +0530

So,Is it that socket functions and wininet functions are not guaranteed to
work in GINA?
Won't the network stack be up? What could be the probable cause of failure
of these functions from within the GINA logon dialog box proceedure, if I am
to do something like this:-

1) In the WlxInitialize(...), I hook on to the Logon dialog box similar to
what is done in the GINAHook sdk sample.

2)I then call some winsock or wininet calls in response to certain actions
the user makes
on the logon dialog,Is it going to work 100 percent?

I checked winsock library initialization,WSAStartUp and GetAddrInfo(...) and
that seemed to work. But my question is will it work always or is it working
out of luck?

Thanks
Vipin

"Eugene Gershnik" <gershnik@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23IAJ$N64EHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Vipin wrote:
>> Are the network functionalites(tcp/ip, rpc,etc) completely available
>> when the logon dialog box is presented?
>
> Not necessarily. XP and later do not wait for much before popping up the
> logon box. If you need to wait for something in your Gina you will have to
> do it manually.
>
> --
> Eugene
>
>

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