winsock help

Hi evryone, I am fairly new to VB programming and I want to create applications using the internet and a LAN for file transfer and messaging. I need to be able to access my pc from a remote location and transfer files accross. It will need to have protection such as a simple password and I need to be able to access features on my pc like shutdown, well not realy but would be nice. I know it is a bit mad, but I neede to be able to transfer school work accross pc's. I have built software, but not using winsock. Thanks for any help. Any at all would be realy usefull and apprecited.

I'm also brand-new to VB, though I have considerable experience in C and some in C++ (albeit pre-the-last-standard).

There are a few threads on using Winsock in this forum within the past week or two, some of which contain some sample code and others which point to online sources.

Actually, look at the list of related threads at the bottom on this page.

One link provided via the "basic winsock" thread below was http://www.winsockvb.com/ . On their tutorial page, http://www.winsockvb.com/index.php?cat_id=3 , is a chat application, which I believe you are looking to do.

For the file transfer, you might want to look at TFTP ("trivial FTP"), which should be much easier to implement than full-blown FTP would be.

Google for TFPT protocol .