Introduction

For a while now, I have been looking for a solution to a chat program developed in VB.NET, but didn t find much, so I decided to try my own. The purpose of this article is to explain how to use TCP/IP Sockets and the My.Settings class included in .NET framework 2.0 and later. The good thing about this application is, the server and the client are not two separate applications. This form acts as both the Server and the Client.



Before You Start

Instead of creating my own file transfer functionality, I stumbled upon the UnoLibs.Net.dll. The beauty of this class is that all the work is done for you. Later in the article, I will explain how to put this code into practice.



To obtain a copy of this class, click here.