Yeah, I had a real problem... Maybe it's just me.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Crider [mailto:criderkevin@a...]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 12:04 PM
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] Re: simple chat application


hhhmmm...really..? I am by no means a  TCP/IP expert, or even VB expert
for that matter, but I was able to work out something very similar to 
what
I beleive suresh is looking for. Perhaps if Suresh encounters the same
difficulties he should use the Access option.

Kevin



> I tried to get into TCP/IP programming once (Winsock) and found 
quickly =3D
that I bit off more than I could chew. You'll want a SOLID understanding 
=3D
of how TCP/IP works before you get into socket comm programming.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Crider [mailto:criderkevin@a...]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:02 AM
To: professional vb
Subject: [pro_vb] Re: simple chat application


Uresh:

As far as I know you've got several options here...I was on the hunt a 
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few=3D20
months ago for a similar solution.
1. You could use WinPopup over your LAN (believe you need an NT 
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for this)
2. You could use WinSock control. This is fairly straight forward, 
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there's lots of help on the web and the VB Help is actually OK on this.
3. You could use Access for "chat server" (not just for storing =3D
passwords=3D20
and such). There's also some samples on the web for this type.

I happen to have a few examples (of 2 and 3 above) that I'm not sure =3D
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I got them but I will e-mail to you if you're interested.

Oh, btw, to solve my problem I went with WinSock.


Kevin




> greetings,
 > =3D20
 >  In my office we are having a lan. on lan we have 5 systems.
n> ow i want to make a small application for local chatting through=3D20
n> etworking.
 >  how can i make our own chat appliction.using visual basic6.0 
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f> or storing loginid, passwords as Ms-Access
 >    system names are like : client1,.......5.
 > we are using tcp/ip protocal for lan connection
h> elp me=3D20
b> ye
s> uresh

>  =3D20
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