Visual Basic Network Services

GetTcpTable: Local Machine TCP Connection Table
     
Posted:   Sunday February 11, 2001
Updated:   Monday December 26, 2011
     
Applies to:   VB4-32, VB5, VB6
Developed with:   VB6, Windows 2000
OS restrictions:   Windows 98, NT4 SP4+, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Author:   VBnet - Randy Birch
     

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 Prerequisites
One of the operating systems listed under OS Restrictions above.

The GetTcpTable function retrieves the TCP connection table.

 BAS Module Code
None.

 Form Code
To a form add a command button (Command1), and a listview (Listview1). The code creates the required columns. Add the following to the form:

Option Explicit
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'               applications, but you may not reproduce 
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Private Type MIB_TCPROW
    dwState As Long
    dwLocalAddr As Long
    dwLocalPort As Long
    dwRemoteAddr As Long
    dwRemotePort As Long
End Type

Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS            As Long = 0
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSED     As Long = 1
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_LISTEN     As Long = 2
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_SYN_SENT   As Long = 3
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_SYN_RCVD   As Long = 4
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_ESTAB      As Long = 5
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT1  As Long = 6
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT2  As Long = 7
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSE_WAIT As Long = 8
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSING    As Long = 9
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_LAST_ACK   As Long = 10
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_TIME_WAIT  As Long = 11
Private Const MIB_TCP_STATE_DELETE_TCB As Long = 12

Private Declare Function GetTcpTable Lib "iphlpapi.dll" _
  (ByRef pTcpTable As Any, _
   ByRef pdwSize As Long, _
   ByVal bOrder As Long) As Long

Private Declare Sub CopyMemory Lib "kernel32" _
   Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
  (dst As Any, _
   src As Any, _
   ByVal bcount As Long)
  
Private Declare Function lstrcpyA Lib "kernel32" _
  (ByVal RetVal As String, ByVal Ptr As Long) As Long
                        
Private Declare Function lstrlenA Lib "kernel32" _
  (ByVal Ptr As Any) As Long
  
Private Declare Function inet_ntoa Lib "wsock32" _
  (ByVal addr As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function ntohs Lib "wsock32" _
   (ByVal addr As Long) As Long  
   

Public Function GetInetStrFromPtr(Address As Long) As String
  
   GetInetStrFromPtr = GetStrFromPtrA(inet_ntoa(Address))

End Function


Private Sub Form_Load()

   With ListView1
      .View = lvwReport
      .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Local IP Address"
      .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Local Port"
      .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Remote IP Address"
      .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "Remote Port"
      .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "State (dec)"
      .ColumnHeaders.Add , , "State Description"
   End With
   
End Sub


Private Sub ListView1_ColumnClick(ByVal ColumnHeader As MSComctlLib.ColumnHeader)

  ListView1.SortKey = ColumnHeader.Index - 1
  ListView1.SortOrder = Abs(Not ListView1.SortOrder = 1)
  ListView1.Sorted = True
  
End Sub


Public Function GetStrFromPtrA(ByVal lpszA As Long) As String

   GetStrFromPtrA = String$(lstrlenA(ByVal lpszA), 0)
   Call lstrcpyA(ByVal GetStrFromPtrA, ByVal lpszA)
   
End Function


Private Sub Command1_Click()

   Dim TcpRow As MIB_TCPROW
   Dim buff() As Byte
   Dim cbRequired As Long
   Dim nStructSize As Long
   Dim nRows As Long
   Dim cnt As Long
   Dim tmp As String
   Dim itmx As ListItem
   
   Call GetTcpTable(ByVal 0&, cbRequired, 1)

   If cbRequired > 0 Then
    
      ReDim buff(0 To cbRequired - 1) As Byte
      
      If GetTcpTable(buff(0), cbRequired, 1) = ERROR_SUCCESS Then
      
        'saves using LenB in the CopyMemory calls below
         nStructSize = LenB(TcpRow)
   
        'first 4 bytes is a long indicating the
        'number of entries in the table
         CopyMemory nRows, buff(0), 4
      
         For cnt = 1 To nRows
         
           'moving past the four bytes obtained
           'above, get one chunk of data and cast
           'into an TcpRow type
            CopyMemory TcpRow, buff(4 + (cnt - 1) * nStructSize), nStructSize
            
           'pass the results to the listview
            With TcpRow
               
               Set itmx = ListView1.ListItems.Add(, , GetInetStrFromPtr(.dwLocalAddr))
               itmx.SubItems(1) = ntohs(.dwLocalPort)
               itmx.SubItems(2) = GetInetStrFromPtr(.dwRemoteAddr)
               itmx.SubItems(3) = ntohs(.dwRemotePort)
               itmx.SubItems(4) = (.dwState)
                
              'the MSDN has a description defined only
              'for the MIB_TCP_STATE_DELETE_TCB member.
               Select Case .dwState
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSED:       tmp = "closed"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_LISTEN:       tmp = "listening"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_SYN_SENT:     tmp = "sent"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_SYN_RCVD:     tmp = "received"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_ESTAB:        tmp = "established"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT1:    tmp = "fin wait 1"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_FIN_WAIT2:    tmp = "fin wait 1"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSE_WAIT:   tmp = "close wait"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_CLOSING:      tmp = "closing"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_LAST_ACK:     tmp = "last ack"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_TIME_WAIT:    tmp = "time wait"
                  Case MIB_TCP_STATE_DELETE_TCB:   tmp = "TCB deleted"
               End Select
               
               itmx.SubItems(5) = tmp
               tmp = ""

            End With
            
         Next
      End If
   End If
            
End Sub
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