Winsock in VB

[Donald]

Hey,

I want to start using winsock in VB.NET, but cannot find anygood books on
it. No one has any. Did winsock get renamed, or does .NET now use something
else for internet stuff? Thanks.

 

[Dick Grier]

Hi,

You can use the System.Net.Sockets namespace. There is example code on
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/samples/default.asp that
illustrates it pretty well.

Dick

--
Richard Grier (Microsoft Visual Basic MVP)

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Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 3rd
Edition ISBN 1-890422-27-4 (391 pages) published February 2002.

 

[Rob Teixeira [MVP]]

There are a bunch of classes in the System.Net namespace that allow you to
use sockets and network protocols. Some actually get into a lot more detail
and are far more flexible than the activeX WinSock component, though I'm
sure some might argue they aren't as simple to use. Anyway, look up
System.Net and System.Net.Sockets. Lots of material and samples out there.
I'm sure you'll primarily be interested in the TCPListener/TCPClient
classes.

-Rob Teixeira [MVP]

 

[Tom Shelton]

Hey,

I want to start using winsock in VB.NET, but cannot find anygood books on
it. No one has any. Did winsock get renamed, or does .NET now use something
else for internet stuff? Thanks.

You'll want to look at the documentation for the System.Net and
System.Net.Sockets namespaces. There are also several examples on the
msdn website...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...e/html/cpconusingnon-blockingclientsocket.asp

This will put you right in the middle of a whole section on sockets in
..NET

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I want to start using winsock in VB.NET, but cannot find anygood books on
it. No one has any. Did winsock get renamed, or does .NET now use something
else for internet stuff?

Namespace 'System.Net.Sockets'.

 

[Donald]

Thanks a lot, helped me a great deal.

 

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

Also check here:

http://www.indyproject.org/indy.html

Its free and a lot more advanced as well as easier to use that the sockets
that come in .net. More protocols, more support, more everything.


--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"


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