connect 2 vb programs over internet/lan

[Spot_1337]

Hello,

I don't know if this will work but if it does i give you 2 +Rep because thats everything i got.

Okay... this is how i thought.
First i have 1 vb program on one of my computers thats just listening. then i got another vb program on my other computer. if we call the listening 1 for prog1 and the sending 1 for prog2. In prog2 i will have much buttons with texts like "Msgbox" , "beep" and stuff like that. if i press "msgbox" i want to be able to write a text and then i send it with prog2 to prog1 that show a msgbox on the computer with the text i wrote. or if i press "beep" i want it to beep from the internal speakers on the computer i have prog1.

I already know how to make beep and msgboxes and that kind of stuff. but the hard part is to make it send to another computer via internet or lan.

btw i use vb 2008 express edition.

Please, add my msn or answerer here just.
[email protected]

Thank you! :wave:

[Anthraxx]

Like a messenger? google it

[Spot_1337]

i tried to google but didn't find anything , and yes like msn but not text, the receivers computer do stuff instead.

[Spot_1337]

hmm i got an idea i think, if prog2 send text to prog1 and prog1 read text and do the command based on text like: i send beep from prog2 and prog1 receive beep in textbox1 or anything and then read it like,
if textbox1.text = "beep" then
console.beep
textbox1.text = ""
elseif textbox1.text = "shutdown" then
computer.shutdown blabla
textbox1.text = ""
maybe this would work?

[EmiloZ]

WinSock Console i guess but i don't know

[ReidE96]

WinSock is outdated, don't.

Send the text commands is a good idea imo. Just have them all 4 characters long, say, and that way you can read them easier.

*is now expecting Apoc to appear with some super sexy awesome easy way of doing it*

[Murdok]

I've seen source code for a messenger on freevbcode.com maybe you can get some ideas from it.

[Spot_1337]

that site made me even more confused then i was before. i can't even search for messenger in vb only <.<

[Apoc]

You should look up .NET remoting, or sockets. (Not WinSock, as they are not used in .NET. (Under the hood they are however)

Look up how to use sockets in .NET, you'll find tons of source code on how to do it.

[Spot_1337]

i googled some hours on sockets but i just found it for console application

[Clain]

So? Writing code for window applications is basically the same thing then writing console applications besides some specific classes, methods, etc.

[Spot_1337]

O.o ? i think i need a pro --> noob translator or a idiot guide :s

[Apoc]

O.o ? i think i need a pro --> noob translator or a idiot guide :s

I think you need to start with something more basic than program comms.

[Spot_1337]

pfft, i need this program xD
and i have a windows application client that works but i still need the server
took me like 3hours to make it and i don't wanna delete my work now :S

[1814]

msdn ftw!
TcpListener Class
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...nt(VS.71).aspx