Function name: IcmpSendEcho

Defined in : icmp

Requirements : Windows Sockets 2.0

Declaration:

Private Declare Function IcmpSendEcho Lib "ICMP" (ByVal IcmpHandle As Long, ByVal DestAddress As Long, ByVal RequestData As String, ByVal RequestSize As Integer, RequestOptns As IP_OPTION_INFORMATION, ReplyBuffer As IP_ECHO_REPLY, ByVal ReplySize As Long, ByVal TimeOut As Long) As Boolean

Parameters:

* IcmpHandle [in] ICMP handle opened by IcmpCreateFile. * DestinationAddress [in] Specifies the destination of the echo request. * RequestData [in] Buffer that contains the data to be sent in the request. * RequestSize [in] Number of bytes in the RequestData buffer. * RequestOptions [in] Pointer to the IP header options for the request; may be NULL. * ReplyBuffer [out] Buffer to hold any replies to the request. When the function returns, the buffer will contain one or more ICMP_ECHO_REPLY structures, followed by options and data. * ReplySize [out] Size, in bytes, of the reply buffer. The buffer must be large enough to accommodate at least one ICMP_ECHO_REPLY structure plus eight additional bytes (the size of an ICMP error message). * Timeout [in] Time, in milliseconds, to wait for replies.

Returns:

The number of replies received and stored in the reply buffer indicates success. Zero indicates failure. Extended error information is available through GetLastError.

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