[RESOLVED] sending data instr?

hey

i currently have a small program that uses 4 winsocks, and i obviously want it to be less than that, i was hoping someone could help me, i have seen instr() seems like a good thing to do but i am not sure how to do this and i have not found very useful posts or tutorial's on how to do this.

is it possible to send data in a string seperated by a chr or 2 and then the next bit of data etc and with that at the other end can it read a particular part of the string? say you have 3 parts seperated can it read (this is random order):

part 3 then 1 then 2?

if you know of a good tutorial or can help me out with this that would be great thanks!
lee

You can send - separated with ;

Code:

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part 3;then 1;then 2

---

... and split it with Split():

VB Code:

Dim arr() As String
    arr() = Split(receivedString, ";");

Now you have the array of "part 3", "then 1" and "then 2".

Is this what you're after?

yes kind of but is there any way to identify the parts as the parts may change?

Sure, just make sure you use the same delimiter on each end.

VB Code:

sSendString = Data1 & "|" & Data2 & "|" & Data3

then use Splt to make an array in the recieving program

VB Code:

Dim sRecievedData() as string
    dim lX as long
 
    sRecievedData = split(sSendString, "|")
    'Now use the data in any order you want
    for lx = 0 to ubound(sRecievedData )
        debug.print sRecievedData(lx)
    next

ok, i dont get how i can tell the difference between each of peices of data.

say i wanted data1 to be the caption of my form and data 2/3 to appear in a label how would that be done?

This is what you send (for example):

Code:

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sSendString = Data1 & "|" & Data2 & "|" & Data3

---

... and this is what you do with it when you receive it:

VB Code:

Dim sRecievedData() as string
 
    sRecievedData = Split ([B]theStringYouReceive[/B], "|")
 
        'when you split it with Split(), you have:
 
        'sReceivedData([B]0[/B]) = [B]Data1[/B]
        'sReceivedData([B]1[/B]) = [B]Data2[/B]
        'sReceivedData([B]2[/B]) = [B]Data3[/B]
 
        '... withouth those ("|") signs

It seems to me that you don't undestand how Split() works. Check MSDN for more info on that ;)

Thanks this works fine :D

You're welcome :wave: