Basic DirectPlay Chat Program

Category:

Multimedia/Games

Type:

Applications

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Athlor

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6

More information:

The program is well-documented and could really help somebody just learning DirectPlay. It uses a DirectX event for incoming messages instead of polling, rare in VB but more efficient. This would also be a good core for a multiplayer game or MMORPG.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download neochat.zip