Microsoft DirectX 8.0 (Visual Basic)

DirectPlay Addresses

In order to deliver messages, each participant in a multiplayer game must have a unique address. Addresses can refer either to the computer that your application is running on (device address), or a computer that your application needs to communicate with (host address).

Microsoft® DirectPlay® addresses are in the form of URL strings. These strings consist of a scheme, scheme separator, and data string in the following general format.

x-directplay:/[data string]

The data string contains several elements that specify everything that is needed to enable communication to take place between sender and target, over a variety of different types of network link.

In use, the URL strings are embedded in a DirectPlay address object which is passed to or from DirectPlay API methods. You have the option of either manipulating the URL string directly, or using the methods exposed by the address object to handle each element of the data string separately.