You might want to check west-wind.com's articles section. Rick had 2 articles in VFP Advisor lately too on connecting via TCP.

>I am tasked to write an ordering system. Problem is I don't know what libraries or components or DLLs I need.
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>I am to write a program wherein the computers are connected by modems. The clients are to send data to the server through modems connected by telephone lines. I am not allowed to use HTML or webpages. The clients are to enter data using Forms instead of webpages. Is this possible in VB? If so, can the server accept multiple requests and responses from clients? How do I send data back and forth between clients?
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>If I am going to do this at home with 2 or more computers, do I need all of them to connect by telephone wires using modems? Or is it possible for them to connect each other directly withou going through the telephone system?
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>I'm getting out of my head for this. Please provide some samples and tutorials or sites that could help.
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>Thanks.