Stupedest Question ever

I've got a listbox, and I want to send it's item to another computer using winsock. The other computer than displays these items in a listbox on the client program.

Everything works, except I get all the data into one single thing.. It's pissing me off cause I've tried using vbcrlf, chr(13), chr(10).. but all of them don't work.. I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT SO EVER HOW TO FIX THIS.. right now I'm tired and sleepy..

HELP! WAHHH! i'm not a newbie, but this thing is giving me a head ache

[crptcblade]

your sending the entire listbox contents to the other computer, right?

yea.. this is the code:

for i = 0 to list1.listcount - 1
Stringtemp = StringTemp & List1.List(i)
Next i

winsock1.senddata StringTemp

after stringtemp = stringtemp & list1.list(i) I've tried putting VBCRLF, VBNEWLINE, CHR(10) CHR(13).. but nothing works..

when the data gets to the other computer, it's like this:

stuff1stuff2stuff3stuff4

I want it to be:
stuff1
stuff2
stuff3
stuff4

cause that's how the data is on the host's list...

[crptcblade]

try using a separator like ":" or ",", and on the arrival of the data, use the Split() function and load the listbox from there. Ex:

Private Sub DataArrival(There's stuff that goes in here, but I don't know it all off hand)

Dim tempData As Variant 'important

Winsock.GetData strTemp

tempData = Split(strTemp, ":") 'or whatever the separator is that you used

For x = 0 to UBound(tempData)
List1.AddItem tempData(x)
Next x
End Sub

so the joining code would be:

strTemp = list1.List(0)
for x = 1 to list1.ListCount - 1
  strTemp = strTemp & ":" & list1.List(x)
next x

[Edited by crptcblade on 11-22-2000 at 10:56 PM]

thanks a lot..

I was already using a split function to split the command into 2..

the program sent the datalist, but also sent a message before the datalist (with a dilemeter) to tell the client that I'm sending them a list so they know what to do with it. I was using split function for that. It didn't occur to me to add another dilemeter into the list sent (different from the first one) and use it to seperate the data of Variable(1) from the first one.

I know sounds confusing, but I did half of what you said and half of what I was thinking, and now it worx...

Thanks for your help.