Server on computer to a website....

O

_On_ErrOr_

Newcomer
Joined
Sep 19, 2004
Messages
2
Hi

I'm very new to VB.Net, I upgraded from VB6 to VB.Net.

now I have this question, I have made somekind of game in vb6.
I created a server and a client, both communicating trougt the winsockcontrol.
Now I have this problem that my pc should always be started, or nobody will be able to log in. So I found a solution. I don't know if it is even possible, but I want to create the server on a website, so that the client will connect to that website and not too my computer.
And does winsock still exists in VB.NET, cause I read that now I need to use System.Net....

Can someone plz tell me if it is possible to do what i want, thx
 
Under dot net you should be using the classes under System.Net and System.Net.Sockets rather than the Winsock control - the newer classes give you more control, also as the Winsock control is a VB6 component you may not be licensed to distribute it without also having a valid VB6 license.
If you are deploying to a website then there is also the chance they will not let you install ActiveX controls on the server anyway.

In fact if you are deploying to a webserver then you will probably restricted to HTTP traffic anyway - depending on the type of client server communication then you may want to consider a web service for the server side.
 
Back
Top