chat program

[shanley06]

i was wondering what i would do to make a chat program like aim in qbasic

 

[tsh73]

There was an example in I believe GWBasic (that is, even before Quick Basic) that show how to chat via com-port. (Of course it was good old DOS time...)
Now chat programs (I believe) talk via TCP-IP. There is a set of routines coded into Windows - but you have no way to use it.
To cut it short: I think it's impossible in QB because it can not call Windows API.

 

[CubeE101]

I agree with tsh73, It is impossible.

To use the tcp/ip you need to be able to use windows objects.

There might be some way if you do a LOT of tweaking in ASM via CALL ABSOLUTE calls... But it would be a mess if/when you get done with it...

You might try Java...

Java is free and was made for these type of programs...

There are plenty of tutorials out there for this...

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[shanley06]

thanks

 

[Ninkazu]

You could also make a windows slave program in C++ or *shudder* VB. That's what DS4QB++ did (and the others). It allowed you do use direct sound in QB, but actually had a windows program taking commands from the qb program.

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[shanley06]

could you give me an example of how to make a slave program?

 

[shanley06]

nm i figured it out...though its a little slow

 

[quebasic2]

I jsut found a library for qbasic that allows it to use tcp/ip:

http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/someone42/