socket programming question ????

i have written a simple application which consists of a SERVER and

CLIENT


i wrote the CLIENT in JAVA

SERVER IN VB

i sent a string from the client but after the connection was established

the string was blank when VB( using winsock control) displayed it , i sent a integer from client to SERVER(written in VB) i got some BOXES

in the message box

what should i do ???

Java sends and receives packets in bytes. So you need to send a byte array to the client containing your message. When you receive it will also be in bytes, You probably received a blank message box when receiving from the client because the first character was null or chr(0) in VB. So you will have to receive all the data in the a byte array, and simply convert it into a string, Then display.

thanks a lot something the BYTE FORMATTING thing worked