Re: How to establish connection to TCP port 13 on a remote server from within VBA?
- From: John Mishefske <jmishefskeNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 06:32:35 GMT
MLH wrote:
If you are looking for examples on how to use the WinSock library under VB then there are many examples on the net. Port 13 has very limited usefulness as it is reserved (as aAlthough I appreciate the work-around suggesting, I'm looking for an actual technique here. I want to establish the connection from within VBA - controlling everything from within code. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Use the time server to keep your PC clock in time, and just read that from Access. See freeware at http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/network/fwtimesync.html
"well-known port) for the "daytime" protocol defined by the RFC found here: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc867.html
For an accurate time source you'll want to use a modern protocol like NTP or Simple NTP (SNTP).
For a WinSock example see:
http://www.vbip.com/winsock-api/default.asp
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