System.Net.Sockets. <- how to use them

[PT Exorcist]

i want to make a application who needs internet to communicate with other applications...i heared that now i dont need anymore to use the winsock control coz now i can use the System.Net.Sockets...well i tryed and found out how to connect and listen...but i am not understanding how to send strings and receive strings...is there any goog tuturial and/or examples of how effectivly using System.Net.Sockets or u think it is not worth and i should continue using Winsock of vb6 in vb.net? tks anyways

[hellswraith]

Although this is in C#, it should get you started...
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/internet/chat_server.asp
You shouldn't use the winsock component anymore with .Net. You should be using the System.Net.Sockets like you indicated. Check out the link, it has how to send and receive strings.

[PT Exorcist]

damn looks just like MS trying to put anyone into C# and VB.NET is goin to suffer from that

[hellswraith]

You can adapt the C# code pretty easy to VB.Net. The underlying framework is the same, just the syntax is changed. So it isn't that you have to use C# to do it, it is just this example in particular is in C#. It wasn't written by Microsoft, it was written by someone else.

I think C# will become popular for many reasons, but not because MS is trying to drive VBers to it. I think it would be an advantage for you if you learn both though, that way when there is an example in C#, you can easily read it and apply it to VB and vice versa...just my 2 cents...

[PT Exorcist]

hmmmmmmm ok tks anyways