Sendin And REcieving List Box info via Winsock...

could somebody give me guideance on sending the data contained in 3 listboxes from the server, to client, via winsock...

I have 3 listboxes on the server App:

List1.............List2............List3
string...........string...........(string or integer, yet to decide)

And exactly the same, but empty on the client side...How can i get this data accross, keeping the data in the correct listboxes, and correct row...

Thank you for any assistance/links

Dave

I did not test the code, but theoreticly it's something like this

VB Code:

' to send the data
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim PB As New PropertyBag, K As Long
    Dim DataToSend() As Byte
    
    List1.AddItem "df"
    List1.AddItem "sdff"
    List1.AddItem "rtwf"
    List1.AddItem "ytret"
    List1.AddItem "ertu"
    List1.AddItem "gfhjg"
    List1.AddItem "bvnmbn"
    
    List2.AddItem "qwerqwe"
    List2.AddItem "123413"
    List2.AddItem "fgfsdf"
    List2.AddItem "vbnvtyrt"
    List2.AddItem "drtigeri"
    
    List3.AddItem "uiuoi"
    List3.AddItem "sdfgdsf"
    List3.AddItem "zxcv"
    List3.AddItem "zxcv"
    List3.AddItem "qwr"
    List3.AddItem "tryuty"
    List3.AddItem "cvbcvbvbv"
    
    PB.WriteProperty "LST1_COUNT", List1.ListCount
    For K = 0 To List1.ListCount - 1
        PB.WriteProperty "LST1_" & K, List1.List(K)
    Next K
    
    PB.WriteProperty "LST2_COUNT", List2.ListCount
    For K = 0 To List2.ListCount - 1
        PB.WriteProperty "LST2_" & K, List2.List(K)
    Next K
    
    PB.WriteProperty "LST3_COUNT", List3.ListCount
    For K = 0 To List3.ListCount - 1
        PB.WriteProperty "LST3_" & K, List3.List(K)
    Next K
    
    DataToSend() = PB.Contents
    
    Winsock1.SendData "DATA_LENGTH={" & (UBound(DataToSend) + 1) & "}="
    Winsock1.SendData PB.Contents
End Sub
 
' when receiving data
Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
    Static TotalLength As Long, MyData As String
    
    Dim mData As String, DataReceived() As Byte, PB As New PropertyBag, K As Long
    Winsock1.GetData mData
    
    If mData Like "DATA_LENGTH={#*}=" And TotalLength = 0 Then
        TotalLength = Val(Mid(mData, InStr(1, mData, "={") + 3))
        mData = Mid(mData, InStr(1, mData, "}=") + 3)
    End If
    
    MyData = MyData & mData
    
    If Len(MyData) >= TotalLength Then
        DataReceived() = StrConv(MyData, vbUnicode)
        PB.Contents = DataReceived
        
        For K = 0 To Val(PB.ReadProperty("LST1_COUNT"))
            List1.AddItem PB.ReadProperty("LST1_" & K)
        Next K
        
        For K = 0 To Val(PB.ReadProperty("LST2_COUNT"))
            List2.AddItem PB.ReadProperty("LST2_" & K)
        Next K
        
        For K = 0 To Val(PB.ReadProperty("LST3_COUNT"))
            List3.AddItem PB.ReadProperty("LST3_" & K)
        Next K
        
        TotalLength = 0
        MyData = ""
    End If
End Sub

I just tested the code I pasted previously, and I had some small mistakes, otherwise it works perfectly...

VB Code:

' when receiving data
Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
    Static TotalLength As Long, MyData As String
    
    Dim mData As String, DataReceived() As Byte, PB As New PropertyBag, K As Long
    Winsock1.GetData mData
    
    If mData Like "DATA_LENGTH={#*}=*" And TotalLength = 0 Then
        TotalLength = Val(Mid(mData, InStr(1, mData, "={") + 2))
        mData = Mid(mData, InStr(1, mData, "}=") + 2)
    End If
    
    MyData = MyData & mData
    
    If Len(MyData) >= TotalLength Then
        DataReceived() = StrConv(MyData, vbFromUnicode)
        PB.Contents = DataReceived
        
        For K = 0 To Val(PB.ReadProperty("LST1_COUNT")) - 1
            List1.AddItem PB.ReadProperty("LST1_" & K)
        Next K
        
        For K = 0 To Val(PB.ReadProperty("LST2_COUNT")) - 1
            List2.AddItem PB.ReadProperty("LST2_" & K)
        Next K
        
        For K = 0 To Val(PB.ReadProperty("LST3_COUNT")) - 1
            List3.AddItem PB.ReadProperty("LST3_" & K)
        Next K
        
        TotalLength = 0
        MyData = ""
    End If
End Sub