Developing INTRANET MESSENGER

Hello guys,
    I am a new VB Programmer. I want to develop internal messaging system i.e just like MSN Messenger but working in Local Network only. But I am confused in chosing the right control and the right technique for developing it. Would you Guys please help me inselecting the right control and also say the best reason for it.

Always ready 2 learn
Kabindra Bakey




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Developing INTRANET MESSENGER

  • NightFlight

    Thanx, Shakalama.

    Any links & info greatly appreciated. Still looks like a bit over my head but I'll investigate it all soon enough. Don't know nothing about ".NET"; just a bit about VB and the old DOS batchfiles.

    And Good Luck to you also.

    Ted...


  • Jeff Osborn

    hi,

    i don't know much about this matter more than you , and i dreamed with this idea as well (to develop chatting program). to make it over intranet or internet i don't think the difference is big deal , anyway i delay this project to master the .net first, i still play with console applications and windows forms to discover .net more but also i still collect information for this project , for when i start to have enough information, i have some links but i didn't open them yet and i don't know what inside it, i would like to share it with all of you and i hope if anyone found something usefull to post it here

    thread-safe call >> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171728.aspx
    serialport used for chat program >>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/30swa673(en-US,VS.80).aspx
    serialports >>> http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/SerialCommunication.asp
    addition for ports >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/vb05legacyhardware.asp
    building socket for chat >>> http://www.franklins.net/video/sockets/
    building udp program >>> http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/UDP_Send_Receive.asp
    Tcp/udp helfull for chat >>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/c19ex43h(en-US,VS.80).aspx
    chat sample >>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnadvnet/html/vbnet08282001.asp
    deploy application to rum from network >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;832742

    hope this helps



  • TFolsom

    Sample that uses a web service in the msdn magazine




  • jkj13

    Hi Kebians,

    Came across your 2005 message while searching for "intranet messaging" and wondering if you ever got a solution.

    Could use some help myself w/ a similar quest. Here's the essence of what I just posted elsewhere:

    09:52 / 23-Feb-06

    On a simple Win XP Pro Home Network ( Comp #1 downstairs / Comp #2 upstairs), how
    can I send a message or file from #1 to #2's DeskTop (and vise versa), without

    getting too complicated - like using "Remote Desktop", et. al., a feature which

    allows full computer access and thereby may overly compromise security.

    There may also be up to 2 other comp's connected to our network at some times and
    with which similar com's is desirable. No computer should have access to messages
    not specifically intended for them.

    All computers are also connected to Internet most of the time and we have "SHARE"

    enabled for some folders under C:\. We prefer not to bother with all sorts of User
    Accounts and Passwords either.

    We just want a simple "com's" feature (akin to, let's say, "Messenger" or to an

    "Intercom" system) whereby we, for example, are each aware of a "COMS" folder on
    each other's DeskTop that we check regularly for mutual messages sent to us from
    1 or more other computers.

    This would be one approach. There should also be some feature included to create

    awareness of new message arrival. If the "COMS folder" on DeskTop could be made
    to "flash" or create some pleasant repetitive "sound" (either automatically or via
    remote instruction) when a new message enters the folder, so much the merrier to
    attract our mutual attention.

    A simple method would be best. We are not Programmers but know how to create DOS
    Batch files and "copy" and modify VB macros (in Word), if that's of any use.

    Installing an Intercom would not do the job as we would like to keep a record of
    our messages on the comps.

    Can anyone help

    Ted... ( tedoniman@hotmail.com(ignore_this_suffix )



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