INTERNET problem

hey ppl , few questions here
1. how to i REsolve dns ? i mean how do i find out that http://www.mirosoft.com ---> 123.42.15.0

2. how do i put forms in SYSTEM TRAY , in vb5 pro.

3. how do i send files with winsock , i tried but i dont know how much time to wait to send OK sign to the other modem for getting the info , and it crashs
altough i did chatter and it works fine

Code:

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'Make a New project. To the form Add a picture box, a menu And a Timer. Change it's Interval property to 100.
'Code:
'Add this code To the form's General Declarations procedure:

Option Explicit

Private Type NOTIFYICONDATA
        cbSize As Long
        hWnd As Long
        uId As Long
        uFlags As Long
        ucallbackMessage As Long
        hIcon As Long
        szTip As String * 64
End Type

Private Const NIM_ADD = &H0
Private Const NIM_MODIFY = &H1
Private Const NIM_DELETE = &H2
Private Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200
Private Const NIF_MESSAGE = &H1
Private Const NIF_ICON = &H2
Private Const NIF_TIP = &H4

Private Declare Function Shell_NotifyIcon Lib "shell32" Alias "Shell_NotifyIconA" (ByVal dwMessage As Long, pnid As NOTIFYICONDATA) As Boolean
Dim t As NOTIFYICONDATA

'Add this code To the form's QueryUnload procedure:

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
        Timer1.Enabled = False
        t.cbSize = Len(t)
        t.hWnd = Picture1.hWnd
        t.uId = 1&
        Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_DELETE, t
End Sub

'Add this code To the picture box's MouseMove procedure:

Private Sub Picture1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
        If Hex(X) = "1E3C" Then
                Me.PopupMenu menu1
        End If
End Sub
'//Add this code To the Timer:

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
        Static i As Long, img As Long
        t.cbSize = Len(t)
        t.hWnd = Picture1.hWnd
        t.uId = 1&
        t.uFlags = NIF_ICON
        t.hIcon = Picture1.Picture
        Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_MODIFY, t
        Timer1.Enabled = True
        i = i + 1
        If i = 2 Then i = 0
End Sub

'Add this code To the form's load procedure:

Private Sub Form_Load()
        t.cbSize = Len(t)
        t.hWnd = Picture1.hWnd
        t.uId = 1&
        t.uFlags = NIF_ICON Or NIF_TIP Or NIF_MESSAGE
        t.ucallbackMessage = WM_MOUSEMOVE
        t.hIcon = Picture1.Picture
        t.szTip = "System Tray" & Chr$(0)
        Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_ADD, t
        Timer1.Enabled = True
        Me.Hide
        App.TaskVisible = False
End Sub

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Post #514

Here is a good example on how to send files using Winsock: Complete Winsock File Transfer Toolkit!