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Socket.ReceiveFrom Method (Byte[], SocketFlags, EndPoint)

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Receives all of the data currently available from an unbound socket, according to specified flags, and places the data in a buffer array. This method also gets the data's endpoint.

Namespace: System.Net.Sockets
Assembly: System (in system.dll)

Syntax

public int ReceiveFrom (
         byte[] buffer,
         SocketFlagssocketFlags,
         ref EndPointremoteEP
)

Parameters

  • buffer
    An array in which the received data is placed.
  • socketFlags
    Bit flags that control the socket's behavior for sending and receiving data. The value of this parameter is a bitwise combination of members of the SocketFlags enumeration.
  • remoteEP
    An EndPoint object that, when this method returns a value, specifies the address of the socket from which the data was received.

Return Value

The number of bytes received, if the call was successful; otherwise, -1.

Version Information

Available in .NET Micro Framework version 2.0, 2.5

See Also

Reference

Socket Class
Socket Members
System.Net.Sockets Namespace