LAN Chat program Simple Tutorial Visual Basic Network

This is a simple LAN Chat program written in visual basic 6.0. It is a step by step guide to programing your own LAN chat program. With image shots for clearer viewing also. - Christopher McKirgan

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• LAN
• Chat
• visual
• basic
• 6.0
• christopher
• mckirgan
• simple
• program
• fun
• commuinication
• education
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• college
• computing

[dbzntct]

how to find out the remote host

[kirgy9]

@dbzntct technically this is a peer-to-peer (P2P) program. However, one method of finding other clients would be to send a packet to the IP 255.255.255.255. This sends the data packet to ALL IP on the local network. You could send the local IP in this packet, and get all others to respond to that address (or the global address) with their own IP. You could put the responses into an array of IPs, and put the code into a function to allow updates of connected users. Hope that helps.

[MrPLEASEsubscribe2me]

Awesome - just what I needed! Thanks!!!

[kirgy9]

@MrPLEASEsubscribe2me I'm glad that helped you :] that's my aim.

[UserIsAnFBIAgent]

Very Simple just the way I love it. Now... is there anyway you could do a WAN Chat Program? maybe just as simple?

[kirgy9]

@UserIsAnFBIAgent I'm in the process of making a tutorial for just that. Its a little more complicated but all will be explained in the video. Hit subscribe to get a notification of the video when it's published. It should be up in a couple of weeks.

[chopy104]

Thumbs Up if 8:10 scared the crap out of of you if you had the speakers up.

[DimosDigitals]

@cageddestroyer Yes.. omg

[LaymanGaming]

How well would this code work being done in VB 2010?

[nickalcala]

how can i use this in our school's lan connection?



[bradbrock1]

Dude ... Record in HD ... Coudlnt see anything

[SmokeyCannon71]

I made the message box say "YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR DATA DOUCHEBAG"

[TheCanto500]

Does anyone know how I can get my finished product to work on another computer without VB installed? It works fine on my computer but cannot get it to work on the computer I want communicate with....

[XsNiPeRxXz]

@Archfullerton Try Winsock1.

[JsKingBoo]

Can you have it so that you can see (in another textbox) who you are chatting with? I have a sketchy idea about it :/

[paulermania]

@kirgy9 Can you upload a tutorial about how to create a WAN chat?

[Vortex93]

Where can i get "Component" on Visual Ultimate 2010 ?