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Hi,
I have written a client/server chat program in VB6. The way it works is that I have the server part running on my machine, I give my friends my ip and a copy of the client program and they connect. I have been using the chat program to chat with up to 20 people and it works fine.
Here is my question: What I would like to do is upgrade the program so it can handle a few hundred people, and have it running on a web server or something. This way people could connect and chat without having to connect to my machine. I have my own domain name registered and hosted by a web hosting service. Would it be possible to put the VB6 server part of the chat program on a server and have people connect to it? If so would I be able to put it on the web hosting server, or would I need to get my own server? If possible I would like people to be able to connect using either the client part of the program or from a web page, is this possible?
I have been programming in VB for a few years now, but am new to the internet and I would be grateful for any help you can provide.
Thank you.
Vesta
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Here's what you need to do...
a). speak to webhosting, find out what OS (most likely *nix)
b). obtain access rights to run a win32 executable if its NT Server
c). obtain access rights through their firewall for your program so it can listen on a specfic port.
d). ensure the .exe runs at boot of server
e). bed webhosting that your .exe is safe
I dont like you're chances of doing either, most webhosting is done on *nix (Linux/Unix) servers, and even if it is NT wont let you run any .exe's at all.
Either get yourself a static route/hostname (http://www.dynip.com) and use that for your friends or ger your domain server on your own premises to run nt server and run your .exe with its own DNS to use a hostname/domain name you own.
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Well a dynip account is a good idea, but there are also alot of free dynamic naming services around. try
http://www.linuxfreak.com
or
http://www.namekeeper.com
these are free ip forwarding services and there is no need to buy Dynip
Cheers
