Socket Programming...

[covertx]

Hi all, I've been working on a client/server program for a good while now and can't understand the online help libraries offered from the MSDN site!

I am using the Visual C# 8 Express version for .NET.

The user enters information into the client side applications and presses a send button. The message then gets sent to the server side application. The server-side application is activated when server user activates the server with a start button...

The trouble I am having is many of the functions I have found online for socket programming are deprecated and so cannot be used for my application...

I've found some other solutionsto the problem but they are presented in a way that I really don't understand!

(IPAddress ipaddr, int port)

Would anyone be able to tell me how I can send a simple string from a client application to a listening server application?

FYI, I'm developing both the client and the server applications on my local machine.

Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any help given!

[Phaelax]

I'm primarily a java programmer so I might have some capitalization wrong here, but it should get you started.

//connect to server and get intput/output stream
TcpClient client = new TcpClient(string ip, int port);
NetworkStream stream = client.GetStream();
 
//send a string to the server
ASCIIEncoding Enc = new ASCIIEncoding();
string s = "message";
byte[] buffer = Enc.GetBytes(s);
stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
stream.flush();

[jacobpauls]

server

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using ClassLibrary1;

public class serv
{
    public static void Main()
    {

        //Establishing a connection with the client
        IPAddress ipAd = IPAddress.Parse("10.0.0.182");
        TcpListener newList = new TcpListener(ipAd, 7777);
        /* Start Listeneting at the specified port */

        newList.Start();
        Console.WriteLine("The server is running at port 7777...");
        Console.WriteLine("Waiting for a connection.....");
        Socket s = newList.AcceptSocket();
        Console.WriteLine("Connection accepted from " + s.RemoteEndPoint);


        //Accepting the data from the client in byte form
        byte[] b = new byte[100];
        int k = s.Receive(b);
        Console.WriteLine("Recieved...");
        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
            //displaying the data in characters
            Console.Write(Convert.ToChar(b[i]));

        //Displaying the data in bytes
        Console.WriteLine("The byte data is");
        for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
            Console.Write(b[i]);
        //Sending acknowlegement to the client
        ASCIIEncoding asen = new ASCIIEncoding();
        s.Send(asen.GetBytes("The string was recieved by the server."));
        Console.WriteLine("\nSent Acknowledgement");

        //Accepting data using the network streams
        NetworkStream nts = new NetworkStream(s);
        StreamReader strea = new StreamReader(nts);
        StreamWriter strwri = new StreamWriter(nts);
        string output;
        output = strea.ReadLine();
        Console.WriteLine(output);

        try
        {
            string output2;
            //Copying the contents of the file
            output2 = strea.ReadLine();
            Console.WriteLine(output2);
            string dest = ("C://Project//Copy//copy.txt");
            File.Copy(output2, dest, true);
            Console.WriteLine("The file has been copied to the new destination");

            //Getting the contents of the copied file
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("The contents of the Copied file are");
            Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("C://Project//Copy//copy.txt"));

            //Encrypting a file
            TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider cypto = new TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider();
            FileStream filestream = File.Create("C://Project//Copy//secret.txt");

            CryptoStream cryptoStream = new CryptoStream(filestream, cypto.CreateEncryptor(), CryptoStreamMode.Write);
            StreamWriter write = new StreamWriter(cryptoStream);
            write.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("C://Project//Copy//copy.txt"));
            write.Close();

            filestream = File.Create("C://Project//Copy//secret.txt");
            BinaryWriter binwrite = new BinaryWriter(filestream);
            binwrite.Write(cypto.Key);
            binwrite.Write(cypto.IV);
            binwrite.Close();
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("The data is encrypted and stored");
            Console.Write("The encrypted data is : ");
            Console.WriteLine(File.ReadAllText("C:\\Project\\Copy\\Secret.txt"));






        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e);
        }




        s.Close();





    }
}


client

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

using System.IO;
using System.Net;

using System.Net.Sockets;


public class clnt
{

    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        try
        {
            //Establishing the connection 
            TcpClient tcpclnt = new TcpClient();
            Console.WriteLine("Connecting.....");
            tcpclnt.Connect("10.0.0.182", 7777); 
            Console.WriteLine("Connected");
            

            //Transfering of data in the form of bytes 
            Console.Write("Enter the string to be transmitted : ");
            String str = Console.ReadLine();
            Stream stm = tcpclnt.GetStream();
            ASCIIEncoding asen = new ASCIIEncoding();
            byte[] ba = asen.GetBytes(str);
            Console.WriteLine("Transmitting.....");
            stm.Write(ba, 0, ba.Length);
            byte[] bb = new byte[100];
            int k = stm.Read(bb, 0, 100);
            for (int i = 0; i < k; i++)
            Console.Write(Convert.ToChar(bb[i]));
            

            //Using the network stream to send data
            NetworkStream nts = tcpclnt.GetStream();
            StreamReader strread = new StreamReader(nts);
            StreamWriter strwrite = new StreamWriter(nts);
            //Sending a pre-stored text data
            string str1 = "goodboy";
            strwrite.WriteLine(str1);
            strwrite.Flush();

            
            
            //Transfering of the file name using the streams
            Console.WriteLine("Enter the file path");
            string str2 = Console.ReadLine();
            strwrite.WriteLine(str2);
            strwrite.Flush();









            tcpclnt.Close();

        }

        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Error..... " + e.StackTrace);
        }
    }

}

change the ip address to ur ipaddress

[kathirvelmm]

Go with jacobpauls code but use one networkstream in server side and one in client side that solves the problem

[george_82]

thanks to all.....i will try to work on your suggestions....