[RESOLVED] ChatIM Program wont connect properly via winsock

I have spent a long time trying to piece this problem together but I don't understand it.

In simple terms, the problem is that the program will not connect properly to each other... :confused:

Basically, what my program does is like a cut down version of msn - it asks for user ID and password, allows you to login, (and this is where it's not so msn) and then you can make the program listen out for any connections or you can just directly connect to them as long as you know their username.

Since the code altogether is a lot of posts, I've just cut it down to just the source code and even the program itself (i think :confused:).

Can anyone help my problem? Thanks for any posts in advance!

EDIT: Got rid of unnecessary file in attachment
EDIT 2:Add some code from the zip file so it doesn't matter about downloading the zip. However, it's still available
EDIT 3:oops! sorry, forgot to mention that if you do download the zip file, there are 2 dummy usernames:
login1: dummy password: name
login2: false password: teeth
The whole point of the username and password feature so the user remembers the login id, and not the IP address. Also, the login ID is specific to the IP Address.

VB Code:

Private Sub wsChat_Connect()
    Do
        DoEvents
    Loop Until wsChat.State = sckConnected Or wsChat.State = sckError
 
    If wsChat.State = sckConnected Then
        'Tell the user that the connection has been established
        AddText "----- Connection Established -----" & vbCrLf, txtIn
        lblStatus.Caption = "Connected"
        cmdSend.Enabled = True
        cmdSendFile.Enabled = True
        'txtName.Enabled = False
        txtOut.SetFocus
        cmdSend.Default = True
    Else
        'Tell the user that the connection has been established
        AddText "----- Connection Failed -----" & vbCrLf, txtIn
        lblStatus.Caption = "Connection Failed"
    End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub wschat_Error(ByVal Number As Integer, Description As String, ByVal Scode As Long, _
ByVal Source As String, ByVal HelpFile As String, -
ByVal HelpContext As Long, CancelDisplay As Boolean)
    If Number <> 0 Then
        AddText "----- Error [" & Description & "] -----" & vbCrLf, txtIn
        Call cmdClose_Click
    End If
End Sub
 
Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
'Disable the outgoing buttons and tell the user that the connection has been closed
    wsChat.Close
    cmdClose.Enabled = False
    cmdSend.Enabled = False
    '''txtName.Enabled = True
    connect.Enabled = True
    disconnect.Enabled = False
    txtIn.text = "----- Connection Closed -----" & vbCrLf
End Sub

Under what conditions is it not connecting? Both clients and the server in the same LAN? Different LANs? Are the clients connecting to the server and not to each other, or not even to the server?

well it's under the same computer, and different pcs. When it directly connects, it seems to have a problem and it never connects to the program listening.

It randomly connnects and doesn't connect when the server and client are on the same computer, and randomly connnects and doesn't connect when the server and client are on different computers in the same LAN?

Exactly what happens under exactly which conditions is critical to debugging this problem. "Something like ..." isn't going to help me to help you.

For some strange reason in which I cannot explain (I have done nothing to the project) it seems to work... :confused:

Well, thanks for your help anyways Al42. Something must've been fishy with my firewall :sick: