Windows forms create chat function code example
Example: windows form .net chat application
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Text;
using System.Net.Sockets ;
using System.Threading;
namespace WindowsApplication2
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient clientSocket = new System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient();
NetworkStream serverStream = default(NetworkStream);
string readData = null;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
byte[] outStream = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(textBox2.Text + "$");
serverStream.Write(outStream, 0, outStream.Length);
serverStream.Flush();
}
private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
readData = "Conected to Chat Server ...";
msg();
clientSocket.Connect("127.0.0.1", 8888);
serverStream = clientSocket.GetStream();
byte[] outStream = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(textBox3.Text + "$");
serverStream.Write(outStream, 0, outStream.Length);
serverStream.Flush();
Thread ctThread = new Thread(getMessage);
ctThread.Start();
}
private void getMessage()
{
while (true)
{
serverStream = clientSocket.GetStream();
int buffSize = 0;
byte[] inStream = new byte[10025];
buffSize = clientSocket.ReceiveBufferSize;
serverStream.Read(inStream, 0, buffSize);
string returndata = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(inStream);
readData = "" + returndata;
msg();
}
}
private void msg()
{
if (this.InvokeRequired)
this.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(msg));
else
textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + Environment.NewLine + " >> " + readData;
}
}
}