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VB NET Client Server App Guide

This document provides a guide for creating a VB.NET client-server application that simulates key presses. The server listens for incoming requests on port 5000 and simulates a key press when it receives a specific command from the client. The client application sends a request to the server and displays the server's response in a message box.

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VB NET Client Server App Guide

This document provides a guide for creating a VB.NET client-server application that simulates key presses. The server listens for incoming requests on port 5000 and simulates a key press when it receives a specific command from the client. The client application sends a request to the server and displays the server's response in a message box.

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VB.

NET Client-Server Application with Key Press Simulation

This guide provides step-by-step instructions and VB.NET code to create a simple client-server

application. The client sends a request to the server, and the server simulates a key press upon

receiving the request.

Server Application (VB.NET)

1. Open Visual Studio and create a new Console App (.NET Framework) project.

2. Copy and paste the following code into the Module1.vb file.

3. Run the server application. It will listen on port 5000 for incoming client requests.

Imports System.Net

Imports System.Net.Sockets

Imports System.Text

Imports System.Threading

Module ServerApp

Dim listener As TcpListener

Dim port As Integer = 5000

Sub Main()

listener = New TcpListener(IPAddress.Any, port)

listener.Start()

Console.WriteLine($"Server listening on port {port}...")

While True

Dim client As TcpClient = listener.AcceptTcpClient()

Dim thread As New Thread(AddressOf HandleClient)

thread.Start(client)

End While
End Sub

Sub HandleClient(client As TcpClient)

Try

Dim stream As NetworkStream = client.GetStream()

Dim buffer(1024) As Byte

Dim bytesRead As Integer = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)

Dim data As String = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, bytesRead)

If data.Trim() = "KEY_PRESS" Then

SimulateKeyPress("A")

Console.WriteLine("Key 'A' pressed.")

End If

Dim response As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Key press simulated")

stream.Write(response, 0, response.Length)

client.Close()

Catch ex As Exception

Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}")

End Try

End Sub

Sub SimulateKeyPress(key As String)

My.Computer.Keyboard.SendKeys(key)

End Sub

End Module

Client Application (VB.NET)

1. Open Visual Studio and create a new Windows Forms App (.NET Framework) project.

2. Design a form with one button named 'btnSendRequest'.

3. Copy and paste the following code into the Form1.vb file.
4. Run the client application and click the button to send a request to the server.

Imports System.Net

Imports System.Net.Sockets

Imports System.Text

Public Class ClientApp

Private Sub btnSendRequest_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

btnSendRequest.Click

Dim serverIp As String = "127.0.0.1"

Dim port As Integer = 5000

Try

Using client As New TcpClient(serverIp, port)

Dim stream As NetworkStream = client.GetStream()

Dim message As Byte() = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("KEY_PRESS")

stream.Write(message, 0, message.Length)

Dim buffer(1024) As Byte

Dim bytesRead As Integer = stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)

Dim response As String = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, bytesRead)

MessageBox.Show(response, "Response from Server")

End Using

Catch ex As Exception

MessageBox.Show($"Error: {ex.Message}", "Error")

End Try

End Sub

End Class

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