Creating multiple winsock connections (anyone got books online??)

[Konan555]

I need to know how to make multiple client connections to one server with winsock.

I did have a print out from the visual basic books on line thing but I've lost it.

If anyone has the book thingy please copy/paste that section into this forum. Or anyone godly enought to know how to solve my prog PLEASE HELP!

[Fox]

Its not that hard, you load a new winsock when receiving a new connection request and connect at port 0.

If you need code you can download a chat demo from my website.

[Konan555]

I though it'd come down to loading objects, somthing I've never done before.

I've only been writeing VB for about 8 months and the 3 or 4 programs I've done have been complex but basicaly Qbasic code in a button with a few text box's.

Help on loading Objects would be nice (and why port 0?)

I think you can do it like this

Dim MeMe As Winsock

[Fox]

You set the index property of the winsock to 0 and load them by index:

Count as Long

onConnectionRequest()
   Count = Count + 1
   Load Winsock(Count)
   Winsock(Count).AcceptID
End Sub

Port 0 automatically connects with a free port so you can use your port for more connections. Else after the first connection the port would be blocked... (or something, Im not that sure but I think its that)

[Chris]

Properly you can have 2 form:

frmMain.frm >> Consits of a WinSock Control.
frmWSck.frm >> Also Consits of a Winsock Control.

Set thr frmMain.frm as you startup form. So when ever the Winsock control in the frmMain.frm received as Connection Request then it create a new instant for the frmWSck.frm and therefore, you'll have a multiple Winsock connection.

'Under the frmMain.frm Winsock control
Private Sub Winsock1_ConnectionRequest(ByVal requestID As Long)
  Dim nWsck As New frmWSck
  Load nWsck
End Sub