JAVA & VB Socket Communication

hi


pl. help for communicating between VB (client) and JAVA(server).



any possibility passing Data from JAVA/EJB to VB through Socket Communication.

i am successfull passing data the from Server(java) to Vb(client) as a String using Sockets.


other than String any other possiblity, passing data from SERVER(JAVA) to CLient (VB)

pl. help me finding the solution.

thanks in advance.
bye

TCP Sockets are pretty much so programming language independant.
So a listening TCP socket created using {TCL, VB, Java, C, C++, ...} can be connected to via a connecting socket created using {TCL, VB, Java, C, C++, ...}.

So as long as the sockets are there, you can send what you want ...

I have some VB apps that send/receive records (aka UDTs) to/from C programs. Some of the records are:

Code:

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Public Type dclStdHeader                          ' current length - 52
            ttl_len              As Long        ' long  ttl_len;
            msgtype              As Long        ' long  msgtype;
            orig_id              As Long        ' long  orig_id;
            seq_num              As Long        ' long  seq_num;
            tran_type            As Long        ' long  tran_type;
            curr_wndw            As Long        ' long  curr_wndw;
            curr_req              As Integer      ' short curr_req
            user_def              As String * 26  ' char  user_def[26];
      End Type
Public Type dclMonitorReq
            req_hdr              As String * 52  ' holder for dclStdHeader
            reqid                As Integer      ' short request;
            system                As Integer      ' short system;
            index                As Integer      ' short index;
            lines                As Integer      ' short linecnt;
            byType                As Integer      ' char  byType;
            getMonitor            As Byte        ' char  byMonitor;
            getprocs              As Byte        ' char  getprocs;
            getexceps            As Byte        ' char  getexceps;
            getgeneric            As Byte        ' char  getgeneric;
            byCust                As String * 8  ' char  cust[8];
            byProc                As String * 8  ' char  proc[8];
            workstation          As String * 8  ' char  workstation[8];
            userid                As String * 8  ' char  userid[8];
      End Type

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Is this what you need to do? If so, I can send you a sample client/server app that passes a UDT containing an Integer and 2 fixed length strings. It is well commented to explain what the code is doing.