Help required winsock

[zubairkhan]

Dear friends

I want to develope a single form which can perform as local and remote host simultaneously, is it possible if yes then please tell me how. Basically what i am doing, that i set winsock.localport = 15151 and winsock.listen on form load event.

when any user want to send message to any other user i wrote these code

if user = 'aa' then
winsock.remotehost = "192.168.0.2"
if user = "bb" then
winsock.remotehost = "192.168.0.3"
endif
winsock.remoteport = 15151
winsock.connect

it is not working , where i am mistaking

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

Are you trying to make an instant messanger type thing?

[zubairkhan]

Basically i am trying to make a software like wise net meeting, where any user can send and receive messages from any user. Client server type chat program is restricted with server only, it does not allow communication with other users on intranet

[ccoder]

You will need more than 1 winsock client to do what you are trying to do. ATt the very least you will need a server control and a client control.

If you will only accept 1 connection at a time, 1 server control will be enough, otherwise you will need an array of server controls. Likewise, if you will only connect to 1 of the other computers at a time then you only need 1 client, otherwise you will need at the most 1 client control for each of the other computers.

Using your code as an example, I would make changes similar to the following:

   wsckServer.LocalPort = 15151
   wsckServer.Listen

and

If user = 'aa' then
   wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.2"
Else
   If user = "bb" then
      wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.3"
   End If
End If
wsckClient.RemotePort = 15151
wsckClient.Connect

When the server control's connection is closed, don't forget to go back to the listening state so that you can accept the next connect request.

[Pino]

[code]
If user = 'aa' then
wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.2"
Else
If user = "bb" then
wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.3"
End If
End If
wsckClient.RemotePort = 15151
wsckClient.Connect

That is a poor If Statement,

What it should be is,

If user = 'aa' then
   wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.2"
ElseIf user = "bb" then
      wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.3"
End If

Pino

[ccoder]

That is a poor If Statement,

What it should be is,

If user = 'aa' then
   wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.2"
ElseIf user = "bb" then
      wsckClient.RemoteHost = "192.168.0.3"
End If

Pino

True!

I code in so many languages that sometimes the code looks correct, and then it takes me forever to figure out what is wrong when there is a problem.

[Pino]

No, it would have worked fine just wasnt the ebst way to write it. Dont worry about it

Pino

[zubairkhan]

Besides this how if condition should be applied, i would like to know, that what shoud be port number for each control, is it same for each control or seperate. And also want to know , that as many users on my intranet i have to add such number of control on form, if yes please send me sample code for three users 'aa', 'bb' , 'cc'.

Thanks