VB Network Transfer

So, I want to have a go at making a file transfer program for a LAN.

At the moment I have the code to grab all the nodes on the network and throw them into a listbox. Just wondering how I'd go about have it generate a section/panel for each node on the network that will allow files to be dragged and dropped into, hence starting a transfer?

Can this even be done?

 

You'll need a server running on the other end of all the clients, have you made one yet?
I'll help you make one if you didn't :noworry:

 

This is a matter of Windows networking. File.Copy() is applicable even for shared network folders. But how you set up shared network folders differs slightly depending on the version of Windows. Google has that answer easily.

 

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I know this can be done in VB.Net but I don't really know much about VB6 so I don't know how to do it with that.