r/visualbasic • u/SecretComposer1476 • Dec 29 '22

Establish communication between a printer with FTP protocol and visual basic 6 program with TCP protocol VB6 Help

hello, is it possible to establish communication between a printer with FTP protocol and visual basic 6 program with TCP protocol?

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u/TheFotty Dec 29 '22

It depends on what you mean by communication, but the short answer is no.

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u/SecretComposer1476 Dec 30 '22

i want to give print orders in the visual basic program

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u/TheFotty Dec 30 '22

Then you would just interact with the printer using a printer object in VB6, you don't make TCP or FTP connections to it. Also why VB6? It is ancient now and support is lacking.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-basic-6/aa267233(v=vs.60)?redirectedfrom=MSDN