Send Messages

[Rtn2Tek]

I need to be able to send messages from an MS Access database using IP/UDP between Windows computers. Do I need to write my own program or is there some application such as FTP that I can use? Thanks...

 

[StarTAC]

what type of messages do u need to send.. coz FTP is a file transfer tool... and protocol..

 

[Rtn2Tek]

These messages are project specific where the fields are defined within my Access database much like an Excel spreadsheet. So from this database I would be sending out what I envision as a (buffered) data stream rather than a file. I didn't think that FTP has provision for sending a data stream, but maybe some other application that I'm not familiar with does. I'm thinking that I would probably have to write a program (VB or C++) that I hope has built-in system call functions to send out and receive buffered data through specified ports. Thanks for response.

 

[Guest_imported]

You can use winsock calls to create sockets and exchange your messages. You can make the receiver as a server which is listening on a specific port and make the other host connect to this server on the same port(ofcourse it needs to know the servers ip address).
This shd help you create an network application program.

http://www.hal-pc.org/~johnnie2/winsock.html

 

[Rtn2Tek]

Thanks for responses StarTAC & LittleEndian. LittleEndian, looks like this is what I need -- thanks again!

 

[ngagne]

Use VB's shell command to execute net send... Nate Gagne
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[Rtn2Tek]

Nate,
I'll confirm, but I believe that net send only passes text characters. I need to send 1's and 0's that translate into my own definitions -- not Ascii text characters. That's why I'm sure that LittleEndian has recommended just what I need especially since I need this process to be dynamic and interactive. Now I gotta get the boss to buy the VB or C++ tools. Thanks.