Server/Client program in .NET help

[shawleigh17]

Hi,
I am trying to create a server/client program in vb.net. What I am trying to do is test a battery that is running on a handheld (which runs Windows CE 5) by connecting to a "server" and sending information every 10 seconds or so. I am very new to .NET, and am not really sure how to go about doing this. I want two separate applications running, with the server-side keeping all of the data, since the battery is going to die, and I will lose any information if I keep it client-side. I am also new to networking, so I was not sure of whether I should create a Socket, or if I should try to do something else. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Shawna

 

[shawleigh17]

Okay, well, I have decided to try the Socket method, so I am in the process of looking up a whole bunch of server/client examples. The only network coding I have done at all is in Java, and very little at that. I am a student, and I did a small networking project for homework... so not a lot of experience here. Anyways, I have found plenty of good examples, but I have one (probably very dumb) question to ask. Where do I put the server and client code?!?!? I have Visual Studio 2008 Professional, and I'm not sure if I write the code in VB.Net as a forms application or where anything is really supposed to go. In Java, I just create two classes, and then create a main for each. Run the server, run the client, and it works. Do I do that here, as well? I imagine that they go in the same project, but when I tried to create two forms (one for server, one for client), I could only run one at a time. So, I did a "show" method for the client within the server code, but I was unable to connect to the server because the connection was denied. Anyways, I don't really want to do it that way, anyway, I'd rather do it the same way that I ran it in Java, but I have no idea how. I am going to go pick up a .NET book tonight, to see if I can figure this stuff out. I need to run the client on a handheld device that has Windows CE 5, and the server on my work computer. Can somebody please help me? Even the most basic of information will probably be helpful!

Thanks!