chat server and client

Question

I want to make a chat server using C#.net as the coding language and and a chat client. I know several open source full fledged chatting servers are available. But i want to create a one. Please help me out. and please help how to create a database. and what are the essential fields for a database.

Lalit M · Answer

If you want to use this code then try it. using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Text; using System.Net.Sockets ; using System.Threading; namespace WindowsApplication2 { public partial class Form1 : Form { System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient clientSocket = new System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient(); NetworkStream serverStream = default(NetworkStream); string readData = null; public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } private void button1_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { byte[] outStream = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(textBox2.Text + $); serverStream.Write(outStream 0 outStream.Length); serverStream.Flush(); } private void button2_Click(object sender EventArgs e) { readData = Conected to Chat Server ...; msg(); clientSocket.Connect(127.0.0.1 8888); serverStream = clientSocket.GetStream(); byte[] outStream = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(textBox3.Text + $); serverStream.Write(outStream 0 outStream.Length); serverStream.Flush(); Thread ctThread = new Thread(getMessage); ctThread.Start(); } private void getMessage() { while (true) { serverStream = clientSocket.GetStream(); int buffSize = 0; byte[] inStream = new byte[10025]; buffSize = clientSocket.ReceiveBufferSize; serverStream.Read(inStream 0 buffSize); string returndata = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(inStream); readData =  + returndata; msg(); } } private void msg() { if (this.InvokeRequired) this.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(msg)); else textBox1.Text = textBox1.Text + Environment.NewLine +  >>  + readData; } } } you will also get details.