Is it possible to ....

I was wondering if it is possible to use a winsock control to connect to an Ip then searce thier comp for a specified file(like Napster and the use the FTP control to download it..
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P.S.
is it possible to search through my own computer for a specified file???
like filefind but programmically??????

I'd assume you'd have to use FTP for that, and of course the target machine would need a FTP server running.

As for find on your own machine, here is a link to the Tutor's Corner for an article (http://www.visualbasicforum.com/bbs/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=tu&Number=20782&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=a ll&fpart=) that should help you.

The internet transfer control supports the FTP protocol. It is many times
easier than trying to program the FTP protocol using the winsock control.

Ive managed it using winsock. Have one app running on the target comp, one on yours, and bingo - its easy.

Just put a dirbox and a filebox on the target form, then loop through them and read the contents to an array, send the array via winsock as a string, a reassemble it and populate a list view or a listbox at your end.


Chief

Which is exactly what a FTP server and client are doing images/icons/smile.gif

thanks...how would I read the contents into an array?
and what is the protocol to search throuh an array for a certain string?

wheres the link??????

Works fine for me!?

To read through a DirListBox, you treat it exactly as a normal ListBox.
<pre><font color=red>Dim Array() as String
ReDim Array(0 To DirListBox.ListCount) as String

For i = 0 to DirListBox.ListCount
Array(i) = DirListBox.List(i)
MsgBox Array(i)
Next i

</pre></font color=red>Try fiddling with that....


Chief