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Re: instant messaging system for LANs

Posted by Lord Corani on 2000-03-27

: i am making a simple instant messenger system for LANs in VB6,
: something along the lines of ICQ but not nearly so good :-). since
: i am new to VB and client-server applications both, i need help of
: all kinds. i am hoping to include message transfer between clients
: thru DCC, chat, offline message storing and file transfer. the
: database will be simple to begin with, in Access2000, and i will
: use ADO to communicate with it.packets will be TCP.
:      those r the proposed features. if anyone has any ideas or
: source that will help me in making this, please let me know. i am
: new to all this so any and all help will be appreciated.someone
: told my partner in this that the application can be made using ASP
: or IIS. is this possible? i think it can probably be made with IIS
: but what about ASP?

Well, okay, about ASP :o) ASP is a programming language designed for the 
Internet Information Server (IIS) It's a language that 'generates' HTML 
pages. You can program in ASP using VBScript. You can also use any database 
connected thru ODBC using SQL commands. This way you can use a database to 
store most of your information while you use HTML for the layout and 
presentation in a web browser. You can also store the information a user 
enters in the HTML page back into the database. If you want I can send you 
some example scripts!
Hope this helps..

Daniel (lcd@xxx.xx)
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