Catch net send messages!?

[jsun9]

I'm making a GUI for net send, and I think it would be cool if you could catch incomming net send messages. This way you could have a dialog just as long as the program is running. Otherwise, the message will just pop up as normal. Is there anyway to do this?

[Armbruster]

If you want to make a chat program, use the winsock controls (or winsock api). They work much better for that kind of thing. MSDN includes some examples on using the winsock control.

[jsun9]

probably so, but it must use the net send functionality so that the messages still pop up if the program isn't open.

[jsun9]

does anyone know of any code that replicates the net send program?

[Armbruster]

Originally posted by jsun9
probably so, but it must use the net send functionality so that the messages still pop up if the program isn't open.

So if the program is open, you want to catch the netsend message, if not, the net send pop-up thingy displays. right?

It would still be easier with Winsock. Your program sends a message and waits for confirmations. When the recieving program gets the messages it sends the confirmation. If the sending program doesn't get a confimation within N number of seconds, it sends a net send message.

[JCScoobyRS]

You can do the NET SEND from shell like this:

Shell "NET SEND JCScoobyRS Screw You!"

Does this help? Thanks, Jeremy

[JCScoobyRS]

As far as catching it, you'd have to have a program that will monitor for ICMP packets to the machine running the program. It's a lost cause. Go with Winsock like earlier stated if you want to do this easily. Late, Jeremy