. . . . . I know there's a way to let two VB applications communicate with each other. I would like to find out how to have an interface where one application sends text commands to another application (not online, on the same machine) so that the receiving application can interpret those commands and act accordingly.

. . . . . A little background: I run an online game called 'Dragon's Era'. It's a wonderfully large game I've been programming for the past two years of my life like a part-time job. The server can cramp up at times and it's usually very laggy. The command structure I have installed in the server is subject to that same lag, so when I need to execute a series of commands quickly I cannot do it.
. . . . . If I can build a seperate application which interfaces with the server on the same machine I could move my entire server control panel to that application and operate the server without any lag. The only real lag would be the delay in processing the text commands rather than a delay in operating and entering the commands. This would be very helpful for me.

. . . . . I've been searching for a way to do this. Could anyone tell me the basics or at least give me the correct topic to look under? I have heard Active X would be useful, but I'm not sure how to use it for that specific function. I appreciate any help. Thanks,

-RLore18 (http://www.dragonsera.com/)

PS - I hate not being able to indent my paragraphs. I have to resort to using periods.