Replacement for instant messenger

[dz]

Couldn't figure out which newsgroup to ask this one, but...

A client is disallowing its users access to instant
messaging due to too much outside of office use. So, they
need some type of app that will run internally, only, that
functions like instant messenger. I created a user
interface to net send, but that is very limited in that it
doesn't have a reply feature and totally interrupts the
recipient until pressing the OK button.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[Lars-Eric Gisslén]

dz,

It can be done but requires some WinSock and TCP/IP programming skills
(UDP/IP should work as well if it's an Intranet). I wrote such application
4-5 years ago but don't know if I still have it around. I have changed
computers a few times since then and removed old unused stuff each time.

What you need to do is desciding for a port number to communicate on. Then
create a listening socked for that port in the application. When the socket
receives packets on that port you display the message in a text control for
incoming messages. When you reply you create a socket for sending a reply to
the IP address of the sender and send on the same port.

Regards,
Lars-Eric

 

[dz]

Hmmm, very interesting. Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
dz,

It can be done but requires some WinSock and TCP/IP programming skills
(UDP/IP should work as well if it's an Intranet). I wrote such application
4-5 years ago but don't know if I still have it around. I have changed
computers a few times since then and removed old unused stuff each time.

What you need to do is desciding for a port number to communicate on. Then
create a listening socked for that port in the application. When the socket
receives packets on that port you display the message in a text control for
incoming messages. When you reply you create a socket for sending a reply to
the IP address of the sender and send on the same port.

Regards,
Lars-Eric

"dz" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet


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[Ken Macksey]

Hi

Not sure if this will help or not. Check out this at vbusers.com

Ken
Net Send Windows Communicator (Windows NT/2000)

 

[Andrew Baker]

You can download it from here:

http://www.vbusers.com/downloads/download.asp#item4

Regards,
www.vbusers.com