Shared Sub Connect(ByVal server As [String], ByVal message As [String])
Try
' Create a TcpClient.
' Note, for this client to work you need to have a TcpServer
' connected to the same address as specified by the server, port
' combination.
Dim port As Int32 = 13000
Dim client As New TcpClient(server, port)
' Translate the passed message into ASCII and store it as a Byte array.
Dim data As [Byte]() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(message)
' Get a client stream for reading and writing.
' Stream stream = client.GetStream();
Dim stream As NetworkStream = client.GetStream()
' Send the message to the connected TcpServer.
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length)
Console.WriteLine("Sent: {0}", message)
' Receive the TcpServer.response.
' Buffer to store the response bytes.
data = New [Byte](256) {}
' String to store the response ASCII representation.
Dim responseData As [String] = [String].Empty
' Read the first batch of the TcpServer response bytes.
Dim bytes As Int32 = stream.Read(data, 0, data.Length)
responseData = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 0, bytes)
Console.WriteLine("Received: {0}", responseData)
' Close everything.
stream.Close()
client.Close()
Catch e As ArgumentNullException
Console.WriteLine("ArgumentNullException: {0}", e)
Catch e As SocketException
Console.WriteLine("SocketException: {0}", e)
End Try
Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + " Press Enter to continue...")
Console.Read()
End Sub 'Connect
Private Sub listenStream()
Dim server As TcpListener
server = Nothing
Try
' Set the TcpListener on port 13000.
Dim port As Int32 = 13000
Dim localAddr As Net.IPAddress = Net.IPAddress.Parse(ipAddress.ToString)
Dim addr = "192.168.1.105"
server = New TcpListener(localAddr, port)
' Start listening for client requests.
server.Start()
' Buffer for reading data
Dim bytes(1024) As Byte
Dim data As String = Nothing
' Enter the listening loop.
While True
MsgBox("Waiting for a connection... ")
' Perform a blocking call to accept requests.
' You could also user server.AcceptSocket() here.
Dim client As TcpClient = server.AcceptTcpClient()
MsgBox("Connected!")
data = Nothing
' Get a stream object for reading and writing
Dim stream As NetworkStream = client.GetStream()
Dim i As Int32
' Loop to receive all the data sent by the client.
i = stream.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
While (i <> 0)
' Translate data bytes to a ASCII string.
data = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes, 0, i)
MsgBox("Received: {0}", data)
' Process the data sent by the client.
data = data.ToUpper()
Dim msg As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(data)
' Send back a response.
stream.Write(msg, 0, msg.Length)
MsgBox("Sent: {0}", data)
i = stream.Read(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
End While
' Shutdown and end connection
client.Close()
End While
Catch e As SocketException
MsgBox(e)
Finally
server.Stop()
End Try
MsgBox(ControlChars.Cr + "Hit enter to continue....")
Console.Read()
End Sub 'Main
