This is sort of like the old DOS command NET SEND, allowing you to send messages to other users in your network.
Module
Option Explicit
Private Declare Function NetMessageBufferSend Lib "netapi32.dll" _
(ByVal servername As String, _
ByVal msgname As String, _
ByVal fromname As String, _
ByVal Buffer As String, _
ByVal BufSize As Long) As Long
Private Const NERR_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Private Const NERR_BASE As Long = 2100
Private Const NERR_NetworkError As Long = (NERR_BASE + 36)
Private Const NERR_NameNotFound As Long = (NERR_BASE + 173)
Private Const NERR_UseNotFound As Long = (NERR_BASE + 150)
Private Const ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED As Long = 5
Private Const ERROR_BAD_NETPATH As Long = 53
Private Const ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED As Long = 50
Private Const ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER As Long = 87
Private Const ERROR_INVALID_NAME As Long = 123
Public Function NetSendMessage(ByVal sSendTo As String, ByVal sMessage As String) As Long
Dim ret As Long
'convert ANSI strings to UNICODE
sSendTo = StrConv(sSendTo, vbUnicode)
sMessage = StrConv(sMessage, vbUnicode)
'Send a network message to a remote computer
NetSendMessage = NetMessageBufferSend(vbNullString, sSendTo, vbNullString, _
sMessage, Len(sMessage))
End Function
'returns the description of the Netapi Error Code
Public Function NetSendErrorMessage(ErrNum As Long) As String
Select Case ErrNum
Case NERR_SUCCESS
NetSendErrorMessage = "The message was successfully sent"
Case NERR_NameNotFound
NetSendErrorMessage = "Send To not found"
Case NERR_NetworkError
NetSendErrorMessage = "General network error occurred"
Case NERR_UseNotFound
NetSendErrorMessage = "Network connection not found"
Case ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
NetSendErrorMessage = "Access to computer denied"
Case ERROR_BAD_NETPATH
NetSendErrorMessage = "Sent From server name not found."
Case ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
NetSendErrorMessage = "Invalid parameter(s) specified."
Case ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED
NetSendErrorMessage = "Network request not supported."
Case ERROR_INVALID_NAME
NetSendErrorMessage = "Illegal character or malformed name."
Case Else
NetSendErrorMessage = "Unknown error executing command."
End Select
End Function
Usage
Private Sub Command2_Click()
Dim ret As Long
'send a message to "andrea" user in your network, replace "andrea" with the name
'of the user or the computer you want to send the message to
'in order to receive and send messages in both computers (sender and receiver) you
'must start the messenger service
ret = NetSendMessage("andrea", "this is a message from a VB application")
If ret <> 0 Then
MsgBox NetSendErrorMessage(ret), vbCritical, "Error"
Else
MsgBox NetSendErrorMessage(ret), vbInformation, "NetSend"
End If
End Sub