Talk: Demonstrates using the PowerTCP TCP custom control to create a "chat" application in Visual Basic. Compiled using Visual C++ version 1.51 and VB 3.0.
To use Talk, start it twice, preferably on different computers. (You could, though, talk to yourself on the same computer with 2 copies). One computer should choose Listen... from the Conversation menu, type a port number (the default should be fine), and click OK. The other computer must connect to the first by choosing Connect... from the Conversation menu. Fill in the name of the first computer and the port it was listening on, and click OK.
The connection has now been established. Whatever one user types in the left text box will appear in the right box on the other computer. This allows a conversation by typing.
To end a connection, you should choose Disconnect from the Conversation menu. You can then quit by choosing Exit from the Conversation menu.
Note: only one user can connect to the computer which began listening. The program will refuse all connections after the first one has been made. The user may wish to choose Stop Listening from the Connection menu, although it is not necessary.
