Trouble with WinSock SendData method!!

[Captain Pinko]

I ahve recently been acquainting myself with the WinSock control. I have used the tutorial from http://www.vbweb.co.uk\controls\win_sock.htm to create a WinSock program that uses TCP/IP protocol to communicate between two forms on the same computer. It works. When I tried similar code but instead having the RemoteHost property set to another computer the SendData method gives me a Run-Time Error # 40006. One thing I did notice is that on the project that works WinSock.State = 7 and on the one that doesn't WinSock.State = 9. I'm pretty sure that the errors lies there because there is no error after the Connect Method. Please give an help you can. If you have any idea or just shoot off a few ideas you might reach me on ICQ, nick name = Captain Pinko.

thnx

7 = sckConnected
9 = sckError
Error 40006 = sckBadstate
sckBadState, Wrong protocol or connection state for the requested transaction or request.

You are probably trying to send data or getdata while you are not (yet) connected to the other machine(Connecting to antoher machine goes way slower then connecting to your own), wich would be right because you got an error (state = 9)


Look what the Winsock_Error event returns (it should give some sort of error)


Hope it helps,

[Captain Pinko]

Then how do I know if I am connected with the other
computer. I always figured it was pretty much instantaneous.
How long should it take? What should I do? Does anybody know what all the state constants mean\are? Please post...

Example:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    'Connect
    Winsock1.Connect "127.0.0.1", 9876
    
    'Wait
    Do Until Winsock1.State <> sckConnecting
        DoEvents
    Loop
    'Are we connected
    If Winsock1.State = sckConnected Then
        'Yes we are
        Winsock1.SendData "MyData" & vbCrLf
    Else
        'Nope we aint
    End If
    
End Sub

[Captain Pinko]

Do you know what all the winsock state constants are?

yes indeedy!

Constant              Value       Description 

sckClosed             0           Default.  Closed 
sckOpen               1           Open 
sckListening          2           Listening 
sckConnectionPending  3           Connection pending 
sckResolvingHost      4           Resolving host 
sckHostResolved       5           Host resolved 
sckConnecting         6           Connecting 
sckConnected          7           Connected 
sckClosing            8           Peer is closing the connection 
sckError              9           Error

[vbweb]

Just a note to say that the tutorial mentioned @ vbweb has been moved to

http://www.vbweb.co.uk/show/78/