VB - Client/Server Example

[Nightwalker83]

'Client code
Dim str As String
Private Sub Command2_Click()
Winsock1.SendData "|MESSAGE|" & Text2.Text
End Sub
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Winsock1.Connect Text1.Text, "1001"
End Sub
 
 
'Server code
Dim str As String
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
Winsock1.LocalPort = 1001
Winsock1.Listen
End Sub
 
Private Sub Winsock1_ConnectionRequest(ByVal requestID As Long)
If Winsock1.State <> closed Then Winsock1.Close
Winsock1.Accept requestID
End Sub
 
Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
Winsock1.GetData str
If InStr(1, str, "|MESSAGE|") <> 0 Then
message = Mid$(str, "10", Len(str))
Text1.Text = message
End If
End Sub

[akhileshbc]

It will be helpful, if you provide some description...

[whatsup]

wow, i understood what he did.
now i have to check if this connection method realley work.
i hope yesssssssssssssssss.

my current method (that i learn here), is to set the remote server like this
winsck.RemoteHost = Text1.Text
winsck.RemotePort = 1001

EDIT: i just checked this.
both methods seem to make the same task.
doesn't work for me when trying with 2 virtual machines.
hope it'll work on real machines.

[Nightwalker83]

It will be helpful, if you provide some description...

The code sends a message as text from the client to the server then the server displays the message in a textbox.

wow, i understood what he did.
now i have to check if this connection method realley work.
i hope yesssssssssssssssss.

my current method (that i learn here), is to set the remote server like this
winsck.RemoteHost = Text1.Text
winsck.RemotePort = 1001

EDIT: i just checked this.
both methods seem to make the same task.
doesn't work for me when trying with 2 virtual machines.
hope it'll work on real machines.

1. What you need is a winsock control named "Winsock1" for both projects.
2. Two textboxes and two command buttons for the client.
3. A textbox for the server.
4. Use the above code in the appropriate projects.

By the way this code is nearly 7 years old.

[whatsup]

1. What you need is a winsock control named "Winsock1" for both projects.
2. Two textboxes and two command buttons for the client.
3. A textbox for the server.
4. Use the above code in the appropriate projects.

By the way this code is nearly 7 years old.

maybe you didn't understand (or i didn't).

I know and can send/recieve files when the sender and reciever on the same machine.
but when i tried to put the sender on virtual machine 1
and the reciever on virtual machine 2
it didn't work.

maybe because the both machines have the same external IP.

so i'll have to check this with 2 different computers that have different
external IP.

(unless someone tell me if it can be done on the same IP.)

[Nightwalker83]

maybe you didn't understand (or i didn't).
I know and can send/recieve files when the sender and reciever on the same machine.

The description was actually in response to akhileshbc's post, I should have mentioned that.

but when i tried to put the sender on virtual machine 1
and the reciever on virtual machine 2
it didn't work.

maybe because the both machines have the same external IP.

so i'll have to check this with 2 different computers that have different
external IP.

(unless someone tell me if it can be done on the same IP.)

Last I tried it worked for me on the same machine (not virtual machine). Try using the local ip i.e 127.0.0.1 and see if that works. Unfortunately, I no longer have the source code on my computer and vb 6.0 is acting up from me on Vista.