08-08-2009, 11:09 PM
WinSock is the only thing I have ever found to work right with VB6, but I have only tried three things. Winsock, SOX and IOCP.
IOCP doesn't support all windows systems and is not fully standard yet, and that makes it annoying. It also likes to act up with VB6 SOMETIMES, not always, but when it doesn't its nice - especially if you know your users are using win xp+
SOX doesn't always work correctly either. SocketWrench didnt seem to be bad though if you wanna check that out.
WinSock should be fine for most VB6 applications though.
Now in C++ I usually use DirectPlay, RakNet, SDL_net or something of the sorts. I have never seen if anythign could port to VB6 from that group. IMO RakNet is the best (get it with BOOST libraries). Oscar has a real fancy thing called RPC working, and it owns.
IOCP doesn't support all windows systems and is not fully standard yet, and that makes it annoying. It also likes to act up with VB6 SOMETIMES, not always, but when it doesn't its nice - especially if you know your users are using win xp+
SOX doesn't always work correctly either. SocketWrench didnt seem to be bad though if you wanna check that out.
WinSock should be fine for most VB6 applications though.
Now in C++ I usually use DirectPlay, RakNet, SDL_net or something of the sorts. I have never seen if anythign could port to VB6 from that group. IMO RakNet is the best (get it with BOOST libraries). Oscar has a real fancy thing called RPC working, and it owns.