>years ago... Into a client`s plant... I saw an instant messenger to exchange messages between users of a LAN
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>since that I`ve wondering how hard was to have that in our VFP app.
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>By winsock, does anyone had any experience under VFP9 that mind to share here.. I mean, any small, or even complex one IM.
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>TIA
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>Claudio

Below is a link to a FAQ I wrote on Tek-Tips some years ago. The example simply sends the messages back and forth via the loopback address (127.0.0.1) but you can change those to be local ip addresses to send messages back and forth between two machines on your LAN. It is a fairly simple/straightforward example and should give you the basics you need...

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=3883