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For a namespace provider to be accessible through Winsock, it must be properly installed on the system and registered with Windows Sockets. When a namespace provider is installed by invoking a vendor's installation program, configuration information must be added to a link list of providers in Winsock. Ws2.dll exports WSCInstallNameSpacefor the vendor's installation program to use. This function is used to supply relevant information about the to-be-installed service provider. This information is included in the following list:
- Provider Name - A string representing the provider for display
in Control Panel
- Provider Version - The version of this provider
- Provider Path - A path name to the provider DLL
- Namespace - The namespace supported by the provider
- Provider GUID - A unique, vendor-supplied number representing
this provider/namespace combination. This is used as a key for all
subsequent references to this provider, and for uninstall. These
values are created using the Uuidgen.exe utility.
- Stores all flags - a flag indicating whether this namespace
provider will be responsible for retaining all service class schema
information for all service classes. If such a provider exists,
Ws2.dll does not need to query each individual namespace provider
for this information.