2 Questions. Need Help. O. K. lol

[tomcatexodus]

Alrighty then...

Questions. Here they are.

What would be the best (easiest) way to create a 'command' prompt based application (ie: mIRC) with a DOS style command output? I have tried putting together an app with a small text box at the bottom, and a large one at the top for the output, but the code used to identify each command and it's parameters is where I have trouble.

Is there any code (API, more than likely) to run a shell command, but open the program within the MDI of the VB application, as a child?

[tomcatexodus]

crypo... where art thou.?

[tomcatexodus]

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[Sastraxi]

You could find the hWnd of the shelled window, then restrict it to where your form is, so basically it is a child form... I dunno, why do you want to do this?

[tomcatexodus]

I'm creating a restricted windows shell

Find the handle of the window, and use the SetParent API function to capture and place the window in your child form.

Private Declare Function SetParent Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hWndChild As Long, ByVal hWndNewParent As _
Long) As Long

And thou shalt be more patient and wait for people to answer rather than keep posting and posting expecting someone to answer.

Here is the answer to your first question.
http://www.vb-world.net/articles/console/

[tomcatexodus]

Sorry Matt, but I don't want to write an ACTUAL console application... I want to create an mIRC style interface (obviously much more basic for starts) that you would enter commands a parameters into Text1 and hit [Enter] and then it would process it and display the results of the command in Text2. Assume I made a program that would use a WinSock control to make a connection, how would I take the following command:

connect 127.0.0.1:10325

;and using code pull it apart. How would I determine what command has been entered, (ie: connect)? or how would I put the IP and Port into proper variables?

Follow?

[tomcatexodus]

crypt, you'r good with these... c'mon

[crptcblade]

Assume I made a program that would use a WinSock control to make a connection, how would I take the following command:

connect 127.0.0.1:10325

;and using code pull it apart. How would I determine what command has been entered, (ie: connect)? or how would I put the IP and Port into proper variables?

Follow?

well, if you have a consistent format. ie:

connect 127.0.0.1:10325 
Command{space}IP:PORT

then you should be able to use the Split function
to break up the command line, and execute it from that point...

arrTemp = Split(txtCommand.Text, " ")

Select Case arrTemp(0)
  Case "connect"
    arrTemp2 = Split(arrTemp(1),":")
    winsock1.RemoteHostIP = arrTemp2(0)
    winsock1.RemotePort = CInt(arrTemp2(1))
End Select

like that...?