Is this possible to do in VB.NET?...

[xjavaman]

I want to...

1) type text such as "Hello" into a webpage. I want the text "Hello" to be saved on the server.

2) create a simple program that will "listen/watch" for an Internet connection on a remote computer (Regardless if the program is open...-I guess hidden in the icon tray). Once an internet connection is present, the text "Hello" is downloaded and stored on the remote computer.

3) when the program is "opened" for use, the text "Hello" is displayed, regardless of the presence of an Internet connection at that exact moment.

I have some basic Java background and I am trying to learn VB.NET using Visual Basic.NET standard.

The problem is, I know what I want to do, but I am not sure of the key words I need to look up to point me to the relevant material.

Can anyone help me by pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks,

Joe

[MrGTI]

If you want to save the word hello on the webserver for retrieval later on, you'll need to store it someplace. Most likely a database.

You could then create a web service to return the value in the database, so when the client does have an internet connection, you'd call the web service and it would return whatever text it had stored.

Step one is to create your database and the webpage to enter the value.

Step two is learn about web services.

Step three is trying to determine if a client has an internet connection, and i have no idea about that, so you'll need to really look into that.

[xjavaman]

Originally posted by MrGTI
If you want to save the word hello on the webserver for retrieval later on, you'll need to store it someplace. Most likely a database.

You could then create a web service to return the value in the database, so when the client does have an internet connection, you'd call the web service and it would return whatever text it had stored.

Step one is to create your database and the webpage to enter the value.

Step two is learn about web services.

Step three is trying to determine if a client has an internet connection, and i have no idea about that, so you'll need to really look into that.

Thanks a lot for your help. This should get me started.

Any takers on the internet connection part? I am looking for buzz words to "research"

[hellswraith]

2) create a simple program that will "listen/watch" for an Internet connection on a remote computer (Regardless if the program is open...-I guess hidden in the icon tray). Once an internet connection is present, the text "Hello" is downloaded and stored on the remote computer.

3) when the program is "opened" for use, the text "Hello" is displayed, regardless of the presence of an Internet connection at that exact moment.

Your looking for something like the Background Intelligent Transfer Service that is built into Windows. Here is a link to an article that will help you get started.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...S/default.aspx

Hope that helps.

[xjavaman]

Thanks