hi all,

the following is my code that i am executing at the moment. i see "?" when i examine the value of wt. it reads "?" from the stream. do you have any reason why is it happening and also if i am missing something here.

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

Dim tcpipclient As New TcpClient
Dim stream As NetworkStream
Dim reader As BinaryReader
Dim wt As String = Nothing

tcpipclient.Connect("10.100.10.45", 1000)
stream = tcpipclient.GetStream
reader = New BinaryReader(stream)
wt = reader.ReadString

Console.Write(wt)

reader.Close()
stream.Close()
tcpipclient.Close()
wt = Nothing

End Sub

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the output

?GS?+0000.56?t?
S?GS?+0000.56?t?
S?GS?+0000.56?t?
S?GS?+0000.56?t?
S?GS?+0000.


please also advise if there is any better code out there for me to try and use.

thanks in advance.....