Online/Offline Software

[mobilewap]

i wana do a client and a host thingy software....

for example:

Client Online---it will update to make the host say Client1 is Online

something like tat...actually i did a program using mysql database and vb to update when its online....but i scared people see from the sent packets from dos...so how can i make a more advanced script ? like socket ? can anyone give me guidence ?

[BrailleSchool]

the way i do it is to update a record in the mysql table to say they are online, then i filter out the online users and display who is online or how many are online depending on what you want to do. this is the best way to go about doing it.

[mobilewap]

erm i dun get u

[wuyanxu]

do you mean something like this: (that's my Alevel computing coursework)


i used WinSock control with TCP/IP as the protocol.

[mobilewap]

yup is this 1 but how do i code with winstock ? and tcpip ?

[wuyanxu]

easy, right click on the left side where you are ment to click for text boxes and select "Components...." then find "Microsoft Winsock control", tick that.
now place a WinSock control on your main form and select it. and finially press "F1" and the help file should guide you through what you need to do.

[mobilewap]

erm i dun have msdn

[BrailleSchool]

erm i dun have msdn

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