[winsock] send smiley

[Compact]

I want to sent a picture(smiley) with winsock and I do it like this

winsock1.senddata clipboard.getdata

and the smiley is on my clipboard. the problem is: the other person only receives numbers. so how do I send a picture?

[CVMichael]

I want to sent a picture(smiley) with winsock and I do it like this

winsock1.senddata clipboard.getdata

and the smiley is on my clipboard. the problem is: the other person only receives numbers. so how do I send a picture?

You can't send the picture like that (as you already found out).
You have to get the picture data, then send that data.

First you probably have to copy the picture from the clipboard to a temporary picturebox on your application.
Then you can use the GetBitmapData, and SetBitmapData functions wich I posted in this thread: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=338162
Use GetBitmapData to read the bitmap data, so you can send it over winsock. And use SetBitmapData to set the bitmap data on a picturebox on the client/sender side.

[Pino]

You dont actually have to do that you can send the file using file transfer. Below is a link to guide which should help you...

File Transfer

Please note I have moved this to the network forum which is where this question should be