IRC Question

[Blackbelt12]

Well I have managed to connect my application to IRC. I have everything setup but just a couple more things. How would I make it so a listbox shows the names of all of the users in the channel and how would I make a label say like "10 User(s) Connected"? Also this is in Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition.

[k1ll3rdr4g0n]

This may be helpful. RFCs are your friend.
As far as making a label, once you learn the commands to talk to IRC, the label would be easy as one, two...oh what was the last one? Four?

Or even google around if you don't want to read a boring RFC, there is always here

[Blackbelt12]

Thanks for your help but that RFC is confusing. Is there any other suggestions? Because I searched google a lot and it came up with nothing.

[Atheist]

You need to understand the protocol that IRC uses in order to write a proper IRC client. RFCs is an excellent source for all your protocol needs You could try your luck by googling for something along the lines of "IRC protocol" too.

[DigiRev]

I'm very experienced in client/server/Winsock programming, and personally, I hate RFCs. They make things more confusing than they need to be for, I guess, the sake of conforming to "standards".

You should look at either the data received within the DataArrival event (this is VB6/Winsock right? Or something else?), and use some common sense/logic on how to figure out who the users are and how many.

There are also a lot of IRC examples at:
http://www.pscode.com

I've only briefly messed with the IRC protocol so I can't say from memory.

You can also google for "IRC Protocol Specification -RFC" and you might find an article by someone that is easy to follow and understand.