Visual Basic 2008, Chat ! Urgent help needed

[harryl5]

Hey people!

I have been using VB2008 since it came out now, and have also used the 2005 version, but I was just wondering, if there is ANY way to create a Chat Application, or any way to create an IM service.
Please help me :)

Thanks
x

[c++ prog]

of course there is a way..

[harryl5]

how?

[Jx_Man]

see this link :
http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=12469

[harryl5]

thx, but im not eally sure how to fully understand this :S
i wil giv it a go :)
any other ideas?
x

[Jx_Man]

there are code for this....
sorry if it can't help you.

[harryl5]

wel i am sure the code is very useful but I just don't know how to use it :S

[Jugortha]

to do such thinks you must use sockets

try this

Imports System
Imports System.Net.Sockets
Imports System.IO
Public Class ServerSocket1
Public Shared Sub Main()
Try
Dim status As Boolean = True
Dim servermessage As String = ""
Dim clientmessage As String = ""
Dim tcpListener As New TcpListener(8100)
tcpListener.Start()
Console.WriteLine("Server Started")
Dim socketForClient As Socket = tcpListener.AcceptSocket()
Console.WriteLine("Client Connected")
Dim networkStream As New NetworkStream(socketForClient)
Dim streamwriter As New StreamWriter(networkStream)
Dim streamreader As New StreamReader(networkStream)
While status
If socketForClient.Connected Then
servermessage = streamreader.ReadLine()
Console.WriteLine("Client:" + servermessage)
If (servermessage = "bye") Then
status = False
streamreader.Close()
networkStream.Close()
streamwriter.Close()
Return
End If
Console.Write("Server:")
clientmessage = Console.ReadLine()
streamwriter.WriteLine(clientmessage)
streamwriter.Flush()
End If
End While
streamreader.Close()
networkStream.Close()
streamwriter.Close()
socketForClient.Close()
Console.WriteLine("Exiting")
Catch e As Exception
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString())
End Try
End Sub
End Class

This is one of numerous manners to program with sockets of cahting based applications

[arjunsasidharan]

First of all the link that JX gave was perfect. Harry you should put on some effort to understand how the code works.. Good explanation Jugortha..

Try this link too

[harryl5]

oh no , its not that I didnt think it was useful, I really aprichate the help, its just, well Im not the brightest of blubs
It just takes me a little time to understand and work things out, and after taking a good look at it, I have found out how it works, but considering I am only 15, I may not be as experianced as other profesional programmers here, but yes this is very helpful and I thank you.

With VB.NET I am starting to understand more all the time, although, there are a few things that I am highly confuzed with, one of these is 'sockets'
At the moment I am looking in how to make use of sockets.

Thanks anyway x

[Jx_Man]

hmm... do some googling to find sockets friend...
you are very enthusiastic for this...

happy finding :)

PS : age not a obstruction (do your best)

[Jugortha]

in order to help you to make the first step
focus on those objects

Socket , TcpClient, TcpListener, NetworkStream
these are main tool to cook a good based chat application you can get help either from MSDN or from the web just focus on those objects at the begining

[jbennet]

yeah just stay clear of the VB6 stuff, vb6 winsock apps dont upgrade cleanly to .net

[harryl5]

O kool thanks, yer i got confuzed with the whole winsock thing, but Im gona try nd see if I can make a chat app, thanks for all the help !

[Jugortha]

You must try, and if you have difficulties just send a message