tried.cpp

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#undef UNICODE
#include <Windows.h>
#include <WinDNS.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "dnsapi.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
	IP4_ARRAY servers;
	servers.AddrCount = 1;
	servers.AddrArray[0] = inet_addr("8.8.8.8");

	PDNS_RECORDA data = nullptr;
	DNS_STATUS rv = DnsQuery_A(
		"www.google.com", // Also tried non-existant domain
		DNS_TYPE_SOA, // Also tried DNS_TYPE_A, DNS_TYPE_ALL, and DNS_TYPE_AXFR
		DNS_QUERY_STANDARD | DNS_QUERY_BYPASS_CACHE | DNS_QUERY_USE_TCP_ONLY,
		&servers,
		&data,
		nullptr);

	cout << "rv = " << rv << endl; 

	if (data) {
		cout << "data is non-null" << endl;
	}

	auto cur = data;
	while (cur != nullptr) {
		if (cur->wType == DNS_TYPE_SOA) {
			cout << "got SOA record" << endl; // Never logged
		} else {
			cout << "got record, wType = " << cur->wType << endl;
		}

		cur = cur->pNext;
	}

	system("pause");

	return 0;
}