winchat.cs

WinChat was created in late 2000 by Spectre, DeMENted and Unique_T. You can connect to WinChat.Ne

/* Project        : WinChat For .NET
 * Author         : Patrick Lam
 * Date           : 10/18/2001
 * Brief          : WinChat For .NET is a simple peer-to-peer chatting program that functions
 *                  very similarly to the WinChat program provided by Windows 2000.  It provides
 *                  all the functionalities that the origianl WinChat program provides.  WinChat
 *                  For .NET's GUI (Graphical User Interface) is a bit different than the original
 *                  one simply because of personal taste.
 * Main Techniques: WinChat For .NET is written in C# and based on .NET SDK beta2.  It employs the
 *                  following impressive techniques provided by the .NET platform:
 *                  1.  Greatly simplified Socket programming thanks to the TcpListener, 
 *                      TcpClient and UdpClient classes (however, it also proves to be a minor pain
 *                      for some UNIX Socket programmer in some occasions).
 *                  2.  Multi-Threading and Timers.
 *                  3.  Event-driven programming is much simplified by the introduction of delegates.
 *                  4.  Windows Form Controls.
 *                  5.  Protocol-like "hand-shake" for session setup.
 * 
 * Usage          : In order to chat to a person, you have to notify him/her before the chat can begin.  
 *					The notification can be done by typing the hostname or IP address of the workstation 
 *                  (where the person is located) you want chat into the 揜emote Side抯 Hostname 
 *                  or IP Address