converts all components of a sockaddr structure into a human-readable string representation of the address.

C# Signature:

    [DllImport("Ws2_32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint = "WSAAddressToStringW")]
    public static extern uint WSAAddressToString(ref sockaddr_in lpsaAddress, int dwAddressLength, IntPtr lpProtocolInfo,
        StringBuilder lpszAddressString, ref int lpdwAddressStringLength);

    [DllImport("Ws2_32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, EntryPoint = "WSAAddressToStringW")]
    public static extern uint WSAAddressToString(ref  sockaddr_in6 lpsaAddress, int dwAddressLength, IntPtr lpProtocolInfo,
        StringBuilder lpszAddressString, ref int lpdwAddressStringLength);

VB Signature:

Declare Function WSAAddressToString Lib "ws2_32.dll" (TODO) As TODO

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