To make ICQ/AOL messenger

[sausho]

I need to develop a chat instant messanger such as ICQ/AOL messenger, which can support heavy chatters traffic. Please let me know how I can proceed, and which techniques would be the best and most effecient.

thanx.

[Darkangel]

hey you can make your chat creating a loop in the winsock control creating a control array

luck you

[sausho]

Thanx, but i did that and its working. but, i need something more effecient, able to hold professsional loads of traffic.
Also, when I send all the connected clients a text from the winsock server, i need to give a msgbox, before the server actually sends to all clients. Otherwie, the server sends the data only to the last connected client. why is this?
any ideas?