Private Sub btnSend_Click() Dim textbuff As String Dim newtext As String Dim servercommand As String textbuff = rtbIRC.Text newtext = txtIRC.Text If sckIRC.State = sckConnected Then If InStr(newtext, "/") Then servercommand = Split(newtext, "/") sckIRC.SendData servercommand(1) & vbCrLf Else sckIRC.SendData "PRIVMSG " & newtext & vbCrLf rtbIRC.Text = textbuff & vbCrLf & newtext rtbIRC.SelStart = (Len(rtbIRC.Text)) txtIRC.Text = "" End If Else MsgBox "Error: Not Connected" End If End Sub