Writing to text file to......

[wolfen_76]

Hi.. i would like to know.. can i write something to a text file at a different computer, in a normal networking without having to share the hardisk drive.. maybe using api or something.. can someone tell me how it could be done...?? thanx

[Voyager]

Hi there
well u are gonna have a problem because if u do not share that drive or directory there is no way u can access or write to a file on another pc over a network. The target pc must first give access to a directory otherwise your app is not gonna know what path u are talking about.
hope this helps

:)
Voyager

[santulan]

Hi,
Yes, You can do, theoritically... I will just give you the way.. You have to work on that...
There is a concept Socket Programming. You can send a packet of data to another IP address. The process is like this:
You have program client and server separately. Any computer can be client and any can be server. Ok.
If design a small program (TSR type) which will only listen the incoming sockets. (This ok name as server). As soon as the socket arrives it will recieve and write on harddisk.(This is a local operation and no need to share)
Then design a small program on another computer from where you wish to send the data. Simply in a socket bind the server Ip address and send the data.
I think this is what you need. Socket programming is simple but more convinient in C++/C.




Santulan

[wolfen_76]

Any guide how to do it in vb.. I managed to do some active dll from vc and used it in vb but the program fail to send.. sometime it crashed the pc..