How to make a Chat?

[bjawnie]

Hii,

I know there's lots of tutorials and dozens of free chat for download, but I just wanna know some basics about making a chat app before I start myself.

I have noticed that almost all VB chat use winsock and as far as I can see that means you need a server and a client chat. Isn't there a way around this. I'm developing a small text based game, just for the kick of it and I don't really like the idea of having a chat server.

So should I save the chat in a txt file on a server I've access to and won't that limit the number of people being able to chat at once.

ThanX

[Pirate]

You better search this forum for useful info .

[Armbruster]

Originally posted by bjawnie
I have noticed that almost all VB chat use winsock and as far as I can see that means you need a server and a client chat. Isn't there a way around this.

You can use the winsock control or the winsock api to create a chat program. You don't need a server to do it. You can do client to client without a dedicated server. You can write it so the program is the client and server on every machine.

There are examples in MSDN. If you don't have the disk, check out MSDN on-line for examples. Also, my MCSD exam-prep books contain some pretty good winsock examples.

[bjawnie]

You can use the winsock control or the winsock api to create a chat program. You don't need a server to do it. You can do client to client without a dedicated server. You can write it so the program is the client and server on every machine.

Hm... Sounds interesting. Does that mean that each chat clients sends info to all the other chat clients? Isn't that a lot of work?

Great with the references but do you think you could throw me a link to some online resources. ThanX!

[Armbruster]

http://www.devarticles.com/art/1/45

http://www.codeguru.com/vb/articles/2244.shtml

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ockcontrol.asp

http://vbcity.com/forums/faq.asp?fid...nsock#TID21664

http://www.aspsimply.com/VB/sockchat.aspx

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=137

[bjawnie]

f there were a "donate points" function in this forum I would have given your all my points. This is some great references.

ThanX

[Armbruster]

You are very welcome! Good luck with the project