Problem with commands

[-kP-FuZioN]

When someone else in the channel types a command like.. !say hi, it works, but when I type it in, it shows it on the chat screen, but it doens't actualyl appear (I checked with starcraft).  Can anyone help me?

I'm using a sub routine that deals with commands and a subroutine that sends the commands.

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Public Sub SendData(strGetIt As String)
   
   
   frmChat.ws.SendData strGetIt + vbCrLf
   frmChat.txtChat.SelStart = Len(frmChat.txtChat.Text)
   frmChat.txtChat.SelColor = RGB(0, 0, 255)
   frmChat.txtChat.SelText = Time & " "
   frmChat.txtChat.SelColor = RGB(0, 255, 255)
   frmChat.txtChat.SelText = "<" & strBUsername & "> "
   frmChat.txtChat.SelColor = RGB(255, 255, 255)
   frmChat.txtChat.SelText = strGetIt + vbCrLf
   
   If Left(strGetIt, 2) Like "!?" Then
       modCommands.Command strGetIt, strBUsername, False
   End If
   
   
   Exit Sub
End Sub

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Public Sub Command(strCommand As String, strUsername As String, blnWhisper As Boolean)

Dim strManipulate As String
Dim strVoid As String
If InStr(strCommand, " ") = 0 Then
   strManipulate = strCommand
Else
   strManipulate = LCase(Mid(strCommand, 1, InStr(strCommand, " ") - 1))
End If
   
Select Case strManipulate
   Case "!say"
       modIce.SendData Mid(strCommand, 6)
   Case "!dc"
       Disconnect
   Case "!disconnect"
       Disconnect
   Case "!join"
       modIce.SendData "/join " + Mid(strCommand, 7)  
   
End Select

End Sub

can anyone help me with this? thx

[Camel]

Battle.net doesn't echo back text you send it, so you're probably only checking for commands when you recieve a chat packet. You'll have to call your Command() function when you send chat as well.

[UserLoser]

Try using

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   If Left(strGetIt, 2) Like "!*" Then
       modCommands.Command strGetIt, strBUsername, False
   End If

Instead of a "?".  ? is any character, where * could be a part of a string or all of it.

[Camel]

Why not just use

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   If Left(strGetIt, 1) = "!" Then
       modCommands.Command strGetIt, strBUsername, False
   End If and save the nanoseconds?

[-kP-FuZioN]

Battle.net doesn't echo back text you send it, so you're probably only checking for commands when you recieve a chat packet. You'll have to call your Command() function when you send chat as well.

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Private Sub txtSend_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
If Len(txtSend.Text) > 254 Then
   KeyAscii = 0
End If

If KeyAscii = 13 And frmChat.ws.State <> sckClosed Then
   KeyAscii = 0
   If txtSend.Text <> "" And Len(txtSend.Text) < 254 Then
       modIce.SendData txtSend.Text
       txtSend.Text = ""
   End If
       
ElseIf KeyAscii = 13 And frmChat.ws.State = sckClosed Then
   KeyAscii = 0
   Disconnect
   intresponse = MsgBox("You are offline. Do you want to connect?", vbYesNo)
   If intresponse = vbYes Then
       Connect (frmSetup.cmbServer.Text)
   End If
       
   
End If
   

End Sub

I'm calling the SendData sub routine, which calls the commands subroutine every time the user types enter.
Are there any other explanations?  
I have another question.. when winsock receives data, does visual basic run through the code in that event immediately, or finish what its doing first?

[Camel]

Try using VB's debugger to step through your SendData function -- that might help you find your problem.
And as long as you're not somehow using threads in VB (ewwwww), it should finish what it's doing first.

[Camel]

seems long and complicated

And I suppose your majesty has a better solution?

[-kP-FuZioN]

Try using VB's debugger to step through your SendData function -- that might help you find your problem.
And as long as you're not somehow using threads in VB (ewwwww), it should finish what it's doing first.

Well I looked into this a little more.  I created another program that listened on port 6112, and set the server for my bot to localhost.  I'm not sure why, but it seems as if if there is more than one "frmChat.ws.SendData strGetIt + vbCrLf" in a module or in a function or subroutine that it calls, it fuses the things I want to send in one clump.  Is this normal, and how can I solve this?  Thx.

[-kP-FuZioN]

Found my answer in another post

Try adding a DoEvents before you close the socket

Example:

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Socket.Senddata "blah blah blah im leaveing bnet... blah..." & VbCrLf
DoEvents
Socket.Close

Hope that helps...

[Camel]

Uh, you never said anything about closing the connection.

[-kP-FuZioN]

It was the DoEvents part