FacJoe

Hi.

I just made an application using VB, with the Access as its database. There's gonna be about 5 users who will be using it simultaneously. Is there anyway I can make a client/server application that enables the 5 users to access the VB application in a remote PC? I'm thinking something along the lines of specifying w/c PC to connect (client side) then, upon connection, the server automatically runs that application alone.

I wanted to do this because I want to do the accessing of the VB application in such a way that only the VB application is accessible and the database I'm using won't have to be networked.

I've tried experimenting with the winsock controls by making a client/server application that basically just transfers messages from each other. I keep on getting a run-time error 40006 every time I call the winsock.SendData method. Also, for some inane reason, I have this form_terminate method where if the client terminates/closes the form, the connection to the server is closed. What happens is, immediately after I connect to the server, the connection is closed. Why is this so?

Thanks in advance. If you guys need a copy of both my codes, I'm going to post it up.

FacJoe

I just noticed something...

I added an if statement in the connectionrequest method for the server application and the same if statement ni the connection method for the client side. It seems that the client seems to acknowledge the connection everytime it is made, but the server side doesn't. Any tips?

Thanks again.

FacJoe

AGH!

Nevermind the previous problem. I've got it working already.

Now my problem is this..let's say we have PC 1 and 2. PC 1 is my "server" side and the other is the client side. I establish a connection using TCP protocol. Is it possible for me to open an application from PC 1 using the connection that I have in PC 2? Also, for the multi-user part, can multiple users connect to the server?

Thanks.

blindwig

FacJoe,

I'm trying to write a generic server that I can use to trigger tasks on a remote machine (server). I'm trying to make it generic enough so that it can be used as a template to make just about any other server, such as the one you're working on. Take a look at my thread: http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/t87174.html