Winsock without Form ? (Beginner)

[MikiBear]

Can anyone tell me, how I can use a winsock control without Form. I need this to build a Dll function, which checks, if a TCP/IP connection is available. The application should not go to the foreground, when calling the function.

 

[MatDavies]

If you reference the winsock in the same way as normal(as if you had a form) then in your code use

Dim wsk as New Winsock

that should work fine. You could also look into using the winsock API though, it may be quicker, not to sure by how much though.


Matt

 

[MikiBear]

To MatDavies:

I tried this before. Winsock must be declared with "WithEvents" to receive the Winsock events, but this doesn't run with "New". Also using the term "New Winsock" gives an error.

 

[MatDavies]

apologies. I just gave it a quick try in the VB editor with out testing it.

You may have to use the winsock API instead.

http://www.vbip.com/winsock-api/default.asp

this link should tell you how to use the winsock API.

Matt