how to create a simple server using visual basic

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thecobra
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how to create a simple server using visual basic

Post by thecobra »

this is a tutoring of how to make a server that recive the packet from a client in visual basic 6.0

1.create a new project
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2.1 get Winsock from it componet

2.2 add winsock and

3.add listbox and

4.add two label
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5.view the form as code and wrigth this in it:


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Private Sub Form_Load()
' set up the socket to listen on port 300
Winsock1.LocalPort = "300"
Winsock1.Listen
'it replace the label 1 with the server ip
label1.Caption = Winsock1.LocalIP
'it replace the label 2 with the server port used
label2.Caption = Winsock1.LocalPort

End Sub

Private Sub Winsock_ConnectionRequest(ByVal RequestID As Long)
' reset the socket, and accept the new connection
Winsock.Close
Winsock.Accept RequestID
End Sub


Private Sub Winsock_DataArrival(ByVal BytesTotal As Long)
Dim strData As String
' get the data from the internal winsock buffer
Winsock.GetData strData
' show the user the data
List1.AddItem strData
End Sub

Private Sub Winsock_Close()
'if it lose conection it will restart the winsocket
Winsock.Close
Winsock.Listen
End Sub

It showed look something like this:

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6.now run the application it showed look soething like this:

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i hope u injoy it and learn how to make cool application with it
sorry if i mispell something but i was in a rush


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Post by SHAdmin »

Well, that was a very good 'How To'.

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thecobra
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Post by thecobra »

thanks, i dint thought you posted it up. soon i will show how to make a client for it and more cool stuff. maybe show some in java and in c ;)
miketyson
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Post by miketyson »

Hey it is very useful. thank you for sharing nice information.
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