I don't believe it!

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by TeraZen December 31, 2001 01:32 PM

1 comment, last by TeraZen 22 years, 3 months ago

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December 31, 2001 01:32 PM

I don''t believe it! I''ve started to program VB long ago... With Vb 3.0 & 4.0 Mswinsck.ocx (The Microsoft Winsock Control that comes with VB) was not able to handle more than one socket... Now you just need to duplicate the control to have a multi-user server! But... what about the efficiency? Is the interface of that control fast enough to make such a server? Or should I use winsock.dll (a lot of work, for those who knows: api pogramming)... Thanks TeraZen

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barazor

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January 01, 2002 01:36 AM

winsock api is not really all that hard, just make some kind of little wrapper(a .cls file maybe) that does all the dirty work, shouldnt be too complicated

ajoling

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January 01, 2002 09:35 AM

IMO, the only drawback of using the OCX is that it
1) Requires the Winsock control (*.ocx)
2) It takes more memory to use it than using the API.

I made a Winsock API VB webserver, you can download the source on planetsourcecode.com It''s pretty unique, I haven''t seen one with downloadable source yet somewhere else..

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