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John, really great resources for reviewing! Thanks so much!

Ok, one thing at a time... 1) Forget modules. That's a VB6 thing. The closest parallel is a "static class", which for something like this, you don't need. 2) The code you posted is something else entirely... You don't need that at all. Basically, here's the interface I would suggest (Not spoon-feeding the code - Just setting up a layout): Public Class ServerConnection Public Property IsConnected as Boolean Get Private Set End Property Public Sub Connect(ByVal address as String, ByVal port as Long) 'connect to the server and start a new thread to listen for incoming data End Sub Public Sub Disconnect(ByVal address as String, ByVal port as Long) End Sub Public Sub SendMessage(ByVal message as String) End Sub Public Event MessageReceived(ByVal sender as Object, ByVal message as String) End Class This is just the interface... It's up to you to implement it. The idea is that only this class actually knows how the data is going back and forth, so everything not shown here is set as Private. The rest of your application can just send and receive messages simply, without having to know the details. The term for this is "encapsulation", and it's one of the staples of object-oriented programming. Granted, you could put all of the code in the same file as your form, but if you start out with a good design structure, it makes it easier to add to it later, and much easier to read. As for putting the results in a textbox... Well, that part is a lot simpler. Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in? Developer, Author (Guardians of Xen)

Hi MyCroft, Yep, you got me mixed up with someone else; I was the author of a strongly worded post[^] on the Site forum stating I believed people were frequently using requests for help to "take a dump on" posters on the technical forums, and this was hurting CodeProject, and was (is) just nasty pieces of work with no redeeming value. Chris came out with the new guidelines soon after my post : of course, however, I do not believe my post was the "cause" of acton by Chris : I think he was hearing from many people on this same issue. Don't you remember when you were a "newbie" in some technical arena, and you really didn't want someone to write your code for you, but you did need some pointing to what was really important to focus on so that you developed your understanding, were enabled to solve many problems, rather than just get a "quick fix" for a specific case you were not making progress with ? When people have kindly replied to me here with helpful pointers when I have been stuck, I've always experienced that as "helpful enabling," not "spoon-feeding." As I said in my long post on the Site forum : I'd like to see CodeProject, my favorite site in the whole world :), my faithful old friend, my galaxy of revered gurus and teachers, have the same dynamic, evolving, kind of "tsunami" of sharing and interaction around problem solving for programmers that I see over on StackOverflow. imho we can contribute to that partially by getting our jollies at our own expense rather than using people we don't know many of whom may not be "native" English speakers. Let us, my friend, disprove the theory of humour espoused in the play "Comedians" by Joe Orton where he has the protagonist say, at one point : "the essence of humour is somebody else gets hurt." best, Bill "Many : not conversant with mathematical studies, imagine that because it [the Analytical Engine] is to give results in numerical notation, its processes must consequently be arithmetical, numerical, rather than algebraical and analytical. This is an error. The engine can arrange and combine numerical quantities as if they were letters or any other general symbols; and it fact it might bring out its results in algebraical notation, were provisions made accordingly." Ada, Countess Lovelace, 1844

You could try to copy the entire folder with the project you want to upgrade, to another location (preferably a simple one like c:/temp/myproject/), and try and upgrade again from there. My advice is free, and you may get what you paid for.