PortInUse

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Working with network objects in Visual Basic can be a little daunting for newer programmers. It's not that scary, really.

This bit of code (given here by request) will determine if a particular port is in use on the local machine. It leans on the use of Windows Sockets (winsock) to perform the check.

Private Function PortInUse(ByVal PortNumber As Integer) As _
Boolean
'*********************************************
'PURPOSE: Determine if a TCP/IP port is in use
'EXAMPLE:
'If PortInUse(21) Then
'MsgBox "The standard FTP port is in use on this machine"
'end if
'**********************************************
Dim oSocket As Object
Dim bAns As Boolean

On Error Resume Next
Set oSocket = CreateObject("MSWinsock.Winsock.1")

If Err.Number > 0 Then
Err.Raise 30000, , "Could not create winsock object"
Exit Function
End If

Err.Clear

oSocket.LocalPort = PortNumber
oSocket.Listen

'if we get this error, it means
'port is busy
bAns = Err.Number = 10048
oSocket.Close
Set oSocket = Nothing
PortInUse = bAns

End Function

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Posted: 2012-10-13
By: dwirch
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