Thread: Communicating over a network

<Sarcasm> Simple, </sarcasm> all you have to do is open a socket connection between the computers, and then have one of the computers ask for a report (the client) and the other computer give the report (the server).

Seriously, socket programming is pretty tricky. The main question is, what OS is this for?

starX
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if you do a search you'll find I posted about 5 links awhile ago...either this board or windows one. I REALLY don't want to re-post them

well, the point that I was trying to make is that it is rather difficult to do. A little advice though, when working with files (opening, reading, writing, moving around in) in C becomes easy, THEN you'll be reading to undertake the task of socket programming. I can't help you much technically speaking though... I use linux.

The best advice that I can give is that if you really want to do network programming now now now, then play around with java a little bit first. Sockets in java take less effort than they do in C.

starX

If your interested in socket programming for Windows, then try get a book called "Network Programming for Windows" by Jones & Ohland. Its published by Microsoft Press and has lots of examples in C.

One word of warning, this book is expensive, but it does go into a lot of detail. If you can get it from a library, then its definately worth a peek