Does anyone have any tips of creating a Chat/File sharing program?

[crpietschmann]

i am designing a Chat/File sharing program and I am in need of tips on how to do some of the stuff the best. Does anyone have any tips or documents that could help me?

[007shahid]

Check for examples using Winsock control at www.vbworld.com (Internet & Network Programming)

[WAcKeD]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/02/netpeers/print.asp

Hope that helps you out a bit. It'll explain the basic structures and such for a scalable network.