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Yes, I know that there are a lot of IM services out there that will probably work more efficiently than anything I make, but I'm not trying to just make another IM.
I would like to incorporate Chatting as a part of a project I have been brewing up for quite a while.
My only problem is, I can't find any good examples for creating a chat program over the internet. (Using TCP)
Any advice or direction that you all could give me would be great!
Thanks,
Squirrelly1
you will need to start by looking into web services or remoting, either way you will need a server that receives the messages and redirects them to the appropriate client if they are logged in.
And I can't begin to give you lessons on Web services and Remoting, you just gotta read it dude.
Well... that's not a bad thing considering that I posted asking for the direction that I should head first.
Unlike some on these forums, I don't mind doing my homework. I just wasn't sure where I should start.
I do have one more question if someone can answer it:
How can I get the external IP address of a machine connected to the internet? Can this be done through the TCPSocket?
Thanks for the help,
squirrelly1
http://www.hydrairc.com/
I know this dude... kinda. Anyways, he's cool. He can probably help you out. -Look at the dev section or something.
gl.
Ur from Raleigh... sweet...
I was born in Fayetteville
sq1
Can't stop on my six hundred and sixty sixth... :o
Are you interested in making a real peer-to-peer chat program or one that evolves a server? If you want the first one it will be dead easy, if you want the other one it will be a lot harder
True peer to peer would not be a bad way to start for me... I can work on the server implementations (which I will need) later on.
Thanks for any help :D
Squirrelly1
lol superstitious are we? :DQuote:
Originally posted by squirrelly1
Can't stop on my six hundred and sixty sixth... :o
btw squirly, did u ever get that chat code working? I'd like to know what you did to get it started. I'd like to try that out myself and learn from what you already know.
Superstitious? Naw... more kidding around than anything... not worried about that number until someone makes me put it on my right hand or forhead :p But I don't plan on being around when that happens...
I never got started on the chat code... Well... not yet. I'm too busy working on some actual money makin' software :D gotta love that stuff :)
Anyways, when I do get finished, I'll probably post something in the codebank on it... :D
Squirrelly1
My friend from school created a chat program with server client and everything, idk if he would be very willing to help you or not, but he knows how to do it his AIm is Quantsini5 just tell him thurst0n sent you!! He made it so that he was the server, and I was a client, and so was the other kid on the other isde of him, i twas sweet...damn sweet...