Because SocketWrench has a large number of properties, you might feel overwhelmed when you start reading through the technical reference material. Don’t worry, you only need to understand how to use a handful of properties and events to get started. Once you’ve become more comfortable and knowledgeable about sockets programming, you’ll appreciate the power and flexibility that SocketWrench gives you.

Each control that you use corresponds to one socket, which may or may not be connected to a remote host. If you need access to multiple sockets, you must use multiple controls, typically as a control array. This is most commonly needed when your application acts as a server and must be able to handle several connections at one time.

The first step is to include the SocketWrench control in your new project. In Visual Basic 6.0, you should select the Project|Components menu option. A dialog will display all of the available ActiveX controls, then select the SocketWrench Control. Note that if you have a previous version of SocketWrench installed on the system, those versions will be displayed. You should select version 6.0 for the following examples.

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