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Library Configuration
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Using the Configuration Manager
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To use KwikNet, you must first
construct the KwikNet Library to reflect the options and features
which your application requires. These parameters are kept in a text
file which you create and edit using the KwikNet Configuration Manager,
a Windows® utility which ensures
that KwikNet is always properly configured for your use.
The following illustration shows the Configuration Manager's edit window
as it appears while configuring your KwikNet Library.
The Internet Protocol (IPv4) must always be present.
Its setup is shown in the preceding illustration.
As you can see, KwikNet supports as many networks as you need.
Even enabling the gathering and logging of network statistics
requires only a click on the right check box.
The Manager will even catch obvious mistakes such as
trying to enable FTP which uses TCP without first ensuring that
TCP is enabled.
Although KwikNet includes TCP support, its use is up to you. Once TCP
is enabled on the TCP property page, your library will contain KwikNet's
complete BSD-compatible sockets interface. You can also manipulate
UDP datagrams through the sockets API.
And, as you would expect, the number of available sockets
is defined by you.
The KwikNet Configuration Manager will create a make file ready
for use with the
Microsoft NMAKE utility and any of
the popular C compilers which KADAK supports for each target processor.
No more editing of countless C header files to get your stack options
properly defined. No more wondering if a symbol should be defined
or left undefined. No more guessing what the defined value should be.
Just point, click and fill in the blanks. It's that easy.
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