Socket Object

A TCP socket.

Sockets are currently used for most network communications.

You can use this object as an HTTP, SMTP, Whois, Telnet client, or for some custom use of your own.

set s = CreateObject("Toolsack.Socket")

s.Connect "www.microsoft.com", 80

q = "GET / HTTP/1.0" & vbcrlf

q = q & "host: www.microsoft.com" & vbcrlf

q = q & vbcrlf

s.Write q

t = s.ReadAmount(-1)

msgbox t

Client Server - Client and server applications to transfer files over a socket connection.

Web Server - Uses Socket Classes to create a simple web server.

Whois Client - Use a socket to do whois lookups.

SMTP Troubleshooting - Describes the SMTP protocol and how to spy on it to track down problems.