I need to use from VFP a socket.
From JAVA I use this code to manage an app win32 in the port 4000 (EXE file C++ coded).

private static void connect() throws IOException {
      socket = new java.net.Socket("127.0.0.1", 4000);
   }

   private static void disconnect() throws IOException {
      socket.close();
   }
 public static void show() throws IOException {
      connect();
      byte[] b = new byte[4];
      b[0] = Byte.parseByte("3");
      socket.getOutputStream().write(b);
      socket.getOutputStream().flush();
      disconnect();
   }
// .. and so on...

How can I can do the same in VFP using API ?
T.I.A.