----------------------------------- Skizzarz Thu Nov 13, 2003 5:28 pm Improving your chat prog ----------------------------------- 2 days ago i tried ur chat prog on the school comps... and i thought it was cool, im a nub but i improved it a little bit, but im wandering, how could i make a third option called "connect" that would send a message to all the ip's in the prog ( i have 4 ip's in the prog that i will explain tomorrow when i send u the full prog from school ) and tell the users that i am online , also how could i send them a message without us connecting? heres a sample of wut i started 2nite, one more thing, i want to put 'username' "says: " in front of the message i send, is that part of the code in the right spot? thx allot, here it is setscreen ("graphics:300;400") var stream : int := 0 % Used for sending data var msgBack : string % The message that gets sent back and forth var address : string % IP address for each computer var message : string % Message that you send var status : int % Status host/client var name : string const PORT := 5555 % Port to connect through put "What would you like to do?" put "1:Host" put "2:Join" put "3:Connect" get status if status = 1 then stream := Net.WaitForConnection (PORT, address) % Wait for a user to connect elsif status = 2 then put "What is the IP of the computer you want to connect to?" get address stream := Net.OpenConnection (address, PORT) % Connect to the IP inputted end if % elsif status = 3 then % i dont now wut to put for choice 3 cls put "Connected to ", address loop if hasch then % If key pressed get message : * % store all input in var message when enter is pressed put : stream, name, " says: ", message % Send the message over the stream end if if Net.LineAvailable (stream) then % If a line of text has been sent get : stream, msgBack : * % grab the line of text put msgBack % print it to the screen end if end loop (my version at school has much more to it and i will post it in this "room" or wutever u call it, tomorow) ----------------------------------- Tony Thu Nov 13, 2003 6:29 pm ----------------------------------- the way net messaging is suppost to be set up, is that the host computer is constantly scanning its ports for incomming connections (fork process). Once a new connection is established, you can have host send out messages such as "user is now online" As for the user says: part - its in the right place. Although if its not working, you might try using + operator instead of , ----------------------------------- Skizzarz Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:32 pm ----------------------------------- here is the better version: setscreen ("graphics:300;400") var stream : int := 0 % Used for sending data var msgBack : string % The message that gets sent back and forth var address : string % IP address for each computer var message : string % Message that you send var status : int % Status host/client var name : string const PORT := 5555 % Port to connect through put " S k i z z c h a t V.2" put "What is your nick?" get name put "What would you like to do?" put "1:Host" put "2:Join" get status if status = 1 then stream := Net.WaitForConnection (PORT, address) % Wait for a user to connect else put "What is the IP of the computer you want to connect to?" get address if address = "alex" then address := "172.22.41.44" elsif address = "paul" then address := "172.22.40.123" elsif address = "patrick" then address := "172.22.41.58" elsif address = "chris" then address := "172.22.40.141" end if stream := Net.OpenConnection (address, PORT) % Connect to the IP inputted end if cls if address = "172.22.41.44" then address := "Alex" elsif address = "172.22.40.123" then address := "Paul" elsif address = "172.22.40.141" then address := "Chris" elsif address = "172.22.41.58" then address := "Patrick" end if put "Connected to ", address loop if hasch then % If key pressed get message : * % store all input in var message when enter is pressed put : stream, name, " says: ", message % Send the message over the stream end if if Net.LineAvailable (stream) then % If a line of text has been sent color (12) get : stream, msgBack : * % grab the line of text put msgBack % print it to the screen end if end loop ----------------------------------- Skizzarz Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:40 pm ----------------------------------- super ultra revised version... lol (thx for the help) setscreen ("graphics:300;400") var stream : int := 0 % Used for sending data var msgBack : string % The message that gets sent back and forth var address : string % IP address for each computer var message : string % Message that you send var status : int % Status host/client var name : string const PORT := 5555 % Port to connect through put " S k i z z c h a t V.2" put "What is your nick?" get name put "What would you like to do?" put "1:Host" put "2:Join" get status if status = 1 then stream := Net.WaitForConnection (PORT, address) % Wait for a user to connect else put "What is the IP of the computer you want to connect to?" get address if address = "alex" then address := "172.22.41.44" elsif address = "paul" then address := "172.22.40.123" elsif address = "patrick" then address := "172.22.41.58" elsif address = "chris" then address := "172.22.40.141" end if stream := Net.OpenConnection (address, PORT) % Connect to the IP inputted end if cls if address = "172.22.41.44" then address := "Alex" elsif address = "172.22.40.123" then address := "Paul" elsif address = "172.22.40.141" then address := "Chris" elsif address = "172.22.41.58" then address := "Patrick" end if put "Connected to ", address loop if hasch then % If key pressed color (16) put name, " says: ".. get message : * % store all input in var message when enter is pressed put : stream, name, " says: ", message % Send the message over the stream end if if Net.LineAvailable (stream) then % If a line of text has been sent color (12) get : stream, msgBack : * % grab the line of text put msgBack % print it to the screen end if end loop ----------------------------------- Skizzarz Fri Nov 14, 2003 1:54 pm ----------------------------------- sorry to keep doin this but this is the final version of today...=) setscreen ("graphics:300;400") var stream : int := 0 % Used for sending data var msgBack : string % The message that gets sent back and forth var address : string % IP address for each computer var message : string % Message that you send var status : int % Status host/client var name : string const PORT := 5555 % Port to connect through put " S k i z z c h a t V.2" put "What is your nick?" get name put "What would you like to do?" put "1:Host" put "2:Join" get status if status = 1 then stream := Net.WaitForConnection (PORT, address) % Wait for a user to connect else put "What is the IP of the computer you want to connect to?" get address if address = "alex" then address := "172.22.41.44" elsif address = "paul" then address := "172.22.40.123" elsif address = "patrick" then address := "172.22.41.58" elsif address = "chris" then address := "172.22.40.141" end if stream := Net.OpenConnection (address, PORT) % Connect to the IP inputted end if cls if address = "172.22.41.44" then address := "Alex" elsif address = "172.22.40.123" then address := "Paul" elsif address = "172.22.40.141" then address := "Chris" elsif address = "172.22.41.58" then address := "Patrick" end if put "Connected to ", address loop color (16) if hasch then % If key pressed color (16) get message : * % store all input in var message when enter is pressed put : stream, name, " says: ", message % Send the message over the stream end if if Net.LineAvailable (stream) then % If a line of text has been sent color (12) get : stream, msgBack : * % grab the line of text put msgBack % print it to the screen end if end loop