I'm not having my code below initializing the VBA socket code as a result when I start the code nothing happen , see the code below where I need help and suggestion for the required fixing.
Calling codes in sub procedures
Please strdata has the data in hex format
Individual codes that are being called above see below
Main Bas module
Just in cases you may want further details on this I have attached the pdf details which shows how it works, now since I'm not using excel I need help so that I use the same code in Microsoft Access VBA and be able to do the following:
(1) Initialize winsock
(2) Send data to a remote gadget plugged separate on its own power source but on the same network
(3) Receive processed data from a remote gadget plugged separate on its own power source but on the same network
(4) Clean the connection after processing
(5) Close the connection
Please note that the same gadget works very well when I use the VBA Bas (open, send receive and close/flash) COM port system , but the challenge is that under this method, the gadget has to be connected to the remote computer and only one person can use it. Now we want multiple users to use the gadget that is the reason why we need the socket method.
Regards
Chris
Calling codes in sub procedures
Please strdata has the data in hex format
Code:
Dim lngStatus as integer
lngStatus = OpenSocket("192.168.1.197", 8888)
lngStatus = send(8888, strData, 12280, 0)
lngStatus = recvB(8888, chands, 12280, 0)Individual codes that are being called above see below
Code:
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Public Const COMMAND_ERROR = -1
Public Const RECV_ERROR = -1
Public Const NO_ERROR = 0
Public socketId As Long
Public Const ScpiPort = 8888
'Global Variables for WINSOCK
Global State As Integer
Sub CloseConnection()
Dim x As Long
' we close our connection here
x = CloseSocket(socketId)
If x = SOCKET_ERROR Then
MsgBox ("ERROR: closesocket = " + Str$(x))
Exit Sub
End If
End Sub
Sub EndIt()
Dim x As Long
'Shutdown Winsock DLL
x = WSACleanup()
End Sub
Function OpenSocket(ByVal Hostname As String, ByVal PortNumber As Integer) As Integer
Dim I_SocketAddress As SOCKADDR_IN
Dim ipAddress As Long
Dim x As Long
ipAddress = inet_addr(Hostname)
'Create a new socket
socketId = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)
If socketId = SOCKET_ERROR Then
MsgBox ("ERROR: socket = " + Str$(socketId))
OpenSocket = COMMAND_ERROR
Exit Function
End If
'Open a connection to a server
I_SocketAddress.sin_family = AF_INET
I_SocketAddress.sin_port = htons(PortNumber)
I_SocketAddress.sin_addr = ipAddress
I_SocketAddress.sin_zero = String$(8, 0)
x = connect(socketId, I_SocketAddress, Len(I_SocketAddress))
If socketId = SOCKET_ERROR Then
MsgBox ("ERROR: connect = " + Str$(x))
OpenSocket = COMMAND_ERROR
Exit Function
End If
OpenSocket = socketId
End Function
Function SendCommand(ByVal command As String) As Integer
' our communication command...
Dim strSend As String
Dim count As Long
strSend = command + vbCrLf
count = send(socketId, ByVal strSend, Len(strSend), 0)
If count = SOCKET_ERROR Then
MsgBox ("ERROR: send = " + Str$(count))
SendCommand = COMMAND_ERROR
Exit Function
End If
SendCommand = NO_ERROR
End Function
Function RecvAscii(dataBuf As String, ByVal maxLength As Integer) As Integer
Dim c As String * 1
Dim length As Integer
Dim count As Long
dataBuf = ""
While length < maxLength
DoEvents
count = recv(socketId, c, 1, 0)
If count < 1 Then
RecvAscii = RECV_ERROR
dataBuf = Chr$(0)
Exit Function
End If
If c = Chr$(10) Then
dataBuf = dataBuf + Chr$(0)
RecvAscii = NO_ERROR
Exit Function
End If
length = length + count
dataBuf = dataBuf + c
Wend
RecvAscii = RECV_ERROR
End Function
Function initWinsock() As Boolean ' {
Dim wsaVersion As Long
wsaVersion = 512
Dim rc As Long
Dim wsa As WSADATA
rc = WSAStartup(wsaVersion, wsa)
If rc <> 0 Then
initWinsock = False
Exit Function
End If
initWinsock = True
End Function ' }Main Bas module
Code:
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
'This is the Winsock API definition file for Visual Basic
'Setup the variable type 'hostent' for the WSAStartup command
Type Hostent
h_name As Long
h_aliases As Long
h_addrtype As String * 2
h_length As String * 2
h_addr_list As Long
End Type
Public Const SZHOSTENT = 16
'Set the Internet address type to a long integer (32-bit)
Type in_addr
s_addr As Long
End Type
'A note to those familiar with the C header file for Winsock
'Visual Basic does not permit a user-defined variable type
'to be used as a return structure. In the case of the
'variable definition below, sin_addr must
'be declared as a long integer rather than the user-defined
'variable type of in_addr.
Type SOCKADDR_IN
sin_family As Integer
sin_port As Integer
sin_addr As Long
sin_zero As String * 8
End Type
Public Const WSADESCRIPTION_LEN = 256
Public Const WSASYS_STATUS_LEN = 128
Public Const WSA_DescriptionSize = WSADESCRIPTION_LEN + 1
Public Const WSA_SysStatusSize = WSASYS_STATUS_LEN + 1
'Setup the structure for the information returned from
'the WSAStartup() function.
Type WSADATA
wVersion As Integer
wHighVersion As Integer
szDescription As String * WSA_DescriptionSize
szSystemStatus As String * WSA_SysStatusSize
iMaxSockets As Integer
iMaxUdpDg As Integer
lpVendorInfo As String * 200
End Type
'Define socket return codes
Public Const INVALID_SOCKET = &HFFFF
Public Const SOCKET_ERROR = -1
'Define socket types
Public Const SOCK_STREAM = 1 'Stream socket
Public Const SOCK_DGRAM = 2 'Datagram socket
Public Const SOCK_RAW = 3 'Raw data socket
Public Const SOCK_RDM = 4 'Reliable Delivery socket
Public Const SOCK_SEQPACKET = 5 'Sequenced Packet socket
'Define address families
Public Const AF_UNSPEC = 0 'unspecified
Public Const AF_UNIX = 1 'local to host (pipes, portals)
Public Const AF_INET = 2 'internetwork: UDP, TCP, etc.
Public Const AF_IMPLINK = 3 'arpanet imp addresses
Public Const AF_PUP = 4 'pup protocols: e.g. BSP
Public Const AF_CHAOS = 5 'mit CHAOS protocols
Public Const AF_NS = 6 'XEROX NS protocols
Public Const AF_ISO = 7 'ISO protocols
Public Const AF_OSI = AF_ISO 'OSI is ISO
Public Const AF_ECMA = 8 'european computer manufacturers
Public Const AF_DATAKIT = 9 'datakit protocols
Public Const AF_CCITT = 10 'CCITT protocols, X.25 etc
Public Const AF_SNA = 11 'IBM SNA
Public Const AF_DECnet = 12 'DECnet
Public Const AF_DLI = 13 'Direct data link interface
Public Const AF_LAT = 14 'LAT
Public Const AF_HYLINK = 15 'NSC Hyperchannel
Public Const AF_APPLETALK = 16 'AppleTalk
Public Const AF_NETBIOS = 17 'NetBios-style addresses
Public Const AF_MAX = 18 'Maximum # of address families
'Setup sockaddr data type to store Internet addresses
Type sockaddr
sa_family As Integer
sa_data As String * 14
End Type
Public Const SADDRLEN = 16
'Declare Socket functions
Public Declare PtrSafe Function CloseSocket Lib "wsock32.dll" Alias "closesocket" (ByVal s As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function connect Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal s As Long, addr As SOCKADDR_IN, ByVal namelen As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function htons Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal hostshort As Long) As Integer
Public Declare PtrSafe Function inet_addr Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal cp As String) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function recv Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal s As Long, buf As Any, ByVal buflen As Long, ByVal flags As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function recvB Lib "wsock32.dll" Alias "recv" (ByVal s As Long, buf As Any, ByVal buflen As Long, ByVal flags As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function send Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal s As Long, buf As Any, ByVal buflen As Long, ByVal flags As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function socket Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal af As Long, ByVal socktype As Long, ByVal protocol As Long) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function WSAStartup Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal wVersionRequired As Long, lpWSAData As WSADATA) As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function WSACleanup Lib "wsock32.dll" () As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Function WSAUnhookBlockingHook Lib "wsock32.dll" () As Long
Public Declare PtrSafe Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" (hpvDest As Any, hpvSource As Any, ByVal cbCopy As Long)
Public Declare PtrSafe Function setsockopt Lib "wsock32.dll" (ByVal s As Long, ByVal level As Long, ByVal optname As Long, optval As Long, ByVal optlen As Long) As Long
Global Const SO_RCVTIMEO = &H1006
Global Const SOL_SOCKET = &HFFFF&Just in cases you may want further details on this I have attached the pdf details which shows how it works, now since I'm not using excel I need help so that I use the same code in Microsoft Access VBA and be able to do the following:
(1) Initialize winsock
(2) Send data to a remote gadget plugged separate on its own power source but on the same network
(3) Receive processed data from a remote gadget plugged separate on its own power source but on the same network
(4) Clean the connection after processing
(5) Close the connection
Please note that the same gadget works very well when I use the VBA Bas (open, send receive and close/flash) COM port system , but the challenge is that under this method, the gadget has to be connected to the remote computer and only one person can use it. Now we want multiple users to use the gadget that is the reason why we need the socket method.
Regards
Chris
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