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- int InitMulticast(char *McastName)
This function initializes the multicast group specified by McastName).
If the join is successful, a value of 1 is returned else 0 is
returned.
- void CloseMulticast()
CloseMulticast terminates the Multicast session.
- int SendMulticastData(char *objectData, int DataLength)
A call to this function initiates the data transmission on
the multicast address. The data to be transferred is passed in
object data and the size of the file to be transferred on datalength.
On successful transfer of the data, the number of bytes transferred
is returned. On error a value of 0 is returned.
Matthew James Sanders
Wed Dec 2 16:23:52 EST 1998