hey - thanks!
I found the winsock tutorial VERY helpful. I tried making the simple messaging application, I send to my other computer where I have the receiver application set up but the message never seems to get there, and when I click Send (the command button) a second time I get a error.
I tried using the program he has available for download and before I can test it I get an error upon running it:
Winsock1.RemotePort = 202
"Compile Error: Method or data member not found.
Well, I still got something out of this, I just don't know how I can fix what I'm doing so it will actually work lol. Thanks for the reply!

J