How do I write a MFC program to search across a network

[landos]

I'm fairly new to the whole programming deal, but the way that I learn best is to just jump into a project. I'm using Visual C++ 6.0, and I want to create an SDI program that will search for files across the entire student network at UVA (go Wahoos!), and return the results. I also want to be able to save/open the lists for further use. There's no money involoved, i just want to learn how do this. According to what I've read in the help files, I might be able to use sockets to commucate with the network without having to know a whole lot of network specifics. I'm not really sure how to go about starting this project. I need the program to work through the network, and check the shared files of every computer that is currently connected for a hit. Any help on project design and implementation will be appreciated. Thanks for the help,
James

 

[Guest_imported]

You don't need sockets at all. Start by learning how to search for files on your PC then it's as simple as chaging the path "C:\..." to the network path "servername\...". Check out CFileFind.

Brother C