...about socket control

Simple chat example
http://www.visualbasiccode.com/asp/showzip.asp?ZipFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Evbcode%2Ecom%2Fcode%2FSckchat%2Ezip&theID=1923

'Create a form with a winsock control, and three command
'buttons.  Then copy and paste the following code in to it.

Private Sub cmdConnect_Click()
    Dim IP As String
    IP = InputBox("Enter an ip address to connect to:")
    Winsock1.Connect IP, 554
End Sub

Private Sub cmdListen_Click()
    Winsock1.LocalPort = 554
    Winsock1.Listen
End Sub

Private Sub cmdSendMessage_Click()
    Dim strMessage As String
    strMessage = InputBox("Enter a message:")
    Winsock1.SendData strMessage
End Sub

Private Sub Winsock1_ConnectionRequest(ByVal requestID As Long)
    If Winsock1.State <> sckClosed Then Winsock1.Close
    Winsock1.Accept requestID
End Sub

Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
    Dim strMessage As String
   
    If Winsock1.State = sckConnected Then
        Winsock1.GetData strMessage
        MsgBox strMessage
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub Winsock1_Error(ByVal Number As Integer, Description As String, ByVal Scode As Long, ByVal Source As String, ByVal HelpFile As String, ByVal HelpContext As Long, CancelDisplay As Boolean)
    MsgBox Str(Number) & " " & Description
End Sub

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