Looking for Turing Command to send variables to server via internet

[deltamanx]

Hello there,
I'm attempting to make a code that would get the user's username and password (which I succeded at), and then send those creditentials over to a server
where they could be compared with a list of account, if it exist and the username/password entered was correct to log the person into the program.
The problem I'm facing is making the actual code to send the variables (username/password) over to the server, and then for the server to send a reply.
If this helps; I am using turing version 4.1.1, and understand the fact that I will need to put the two parts (server and client) into two different programs.
If any one could assist me, I'd be very grateful.
deltamanx.

[DemonWasp]

Look at the example code Turing Help on the Net module. Be forewarned: Turing is horrendously bad at networking.

[mirhagk]

you can only send data over a local network, and you need the ip of the server, which may be difficult at school where the server could not stay running all the time.

Personally I'd suggest just using an encrypted file and decrypt the user names and passwords to compare it. As long as you encrypt it pretty good, most people would be unable to *hack* it.

[deltamanx]

For those who didn't completely understand:
I'm hosting the server with a turing application.
I need to make a turing application that will connect to said server.
Here's a bit of server code:

code:

var userName, passWord : string := "null" const ClientPort : int := 5055 const ClientIP : string := "127.0.0.1" ~~~ ~~~ ~~~     put "Checking connection (This may take a while.) = " ..     delay (500)     net := Net.OpenConnection (RSClientIP, RSClientPort)     if net <= 0 then         put "ERROR!"         delay (1000)         return     else         put "OK!"     end if ~~~ ~~~ ~~~     if userName = "null" and passWord = "null" then         put "User Name: " ..         get userName : *         put  net," ", userName         put ""         put "Password: " ..         get passWord : *         put  net," ", passWord     else         put "You have already entered a username and password ", userName         put ""     end if

And my server code:

code:

var net : int var userNameok, passWordok : boolean := false var ip : string const port : int := 5505 var userName, passWord : string ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ net := Net.WaitForConnection (port, ip) get net, userName get net, passWord put "UserName: ", userName put "PassWord: ", passWord ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ if userNameok true and passWordok true then     resend := 1     put net, resend else     resend := 0     put net, resend end if

[DemonWasp]

You use put to write things over network streams. This looks almost exactly like writing data to a file:

code:

put : streamID, stuff-to-put

Similarly, you can use get to read from the network. This looks like:

code:

get : streamID, variable-to-fill

You appear to be missing some colons.

[DtY]

mirhagk @ Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:20 am wrote:

you can only send data over a local network.

Sending data to a remote server (ie. not on the local network) can be done exactly as it would a machine on the local network. The only difference is the IP address wouldn't be in the subnet mask (if that's the right word?).

[deltamanx]

Yes I noticed after posting that I was using:

Code:

get net, userName put net, userName

In stead of:

Code:

get : net, userName put : net, userName

What worries me is the mention of;

DtY @ Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:19 pm wrote:

mirhagk @ Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:20 am wrote:

you can only send data over a local network.

Sending data to a remote server (ie. not on the local network) can be done exactly as it would a machine on the local network. The only difference is the IP address wouldn't be in the subnet mask (if that's the right word?).

Could I simply substitute a server on a different programming language (Visual Basic, Java) or would I have to redo client as well?

[DemonWasp]

You could (theoretically; Turing may not behave perfectly and I'm too lazy to test) swap out another language for either server or client, as long as the network "language" - what you send back and forth - remains the same. One interesting thing to note is that networks may use a different endianness than the platform you're on, so you may have to correct for that.

[deltamanx]

Succes!

I redid the code for the server in Visual Basic;
I didn't expect it to have any affect, however,
one of my friends managed to connect to the server from the client (still programmed it Turing) to the server, with little trouble.

Thank you any way.