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Introduction to RPC - Part 2
Updated: 30 Aug 2003

An introduction to context handles in RPC. A simple RPC client/server application using context handles is explained.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, MFC, STL, Dev, Beginner

Anders Dalvander

4.62

Programming Windows TCP Sockets in C++ for the Beginner

Updated: 2 Apr 2007

Helps programmers new to Winsock start programming TCP sockets in C++

C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner

cam_07

4.60

Introduction to RPC - Part 1
Updated: 22 Aug 2003

An introduction to RPC programming. A simple RPC client/server application is explained.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, MFC, STL, Dev, Beginner

Anders Dalvander

4.55

Handling multiple pending socket read and write operations

Updated: 17 Aug 2002

This article explains the potential problems with having multiple pending recvs calls on a single socket.

VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Len Holgate

4.54

A reusable, high performance, socket server class - Part 2

Updated: 17 Aug 2002

To maintain performance a socket server shouldn't make blocking calls from its IO threads. This article builds on the previous one to add a business logic thread pool to our example server.

VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Len Holgate

4.53

A reusable, high performance, socket server class - Part 3

Updated: 18 Jul 2002

When a server has to deal with lots of short lived client connections it's advisable to use the Microsoft extension function for WinSock, AcceptEx(), to accept connections.

VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Len Holgate

4.51

Beginning Winsock Programming - Simple TCP client
Updated: 28 Feb 2002

A simple TCP client is explained.

VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner

Nishant Sivakumar

4.47

A reusable, high performance, socket server class - Part 1

Updated: 17 Aug 2002

Writing a high performance server that runs on Windows NT and uses sockets to communicate with the outside world isn't that hard once you dig through the API references. What's more most of the code is common between all of the servers that you're likely to want to write.

VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Len Holgate

4.46

Beginning Winsock Programming - Multithreaded TCP server with client
Updated: 5 Mar 2002

Explains a multithreaded TCP file server, a custom TCP chat protocol and a custom TCP client

VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner

Nishant Sivakumar

4.34

Beginning Winsock Programming - Simple TCP server
Updated: 25 Feb 2002

An introduction to WinSock programming. A simple TCP server is explained.

VC6, Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner

Nishant Sivakumar

4.30

WLAN Scan with NDIS Miniport and Much More
Updated: 29 Oct 2007

An article about using NDIS Miniport from userspace to access several functions of the WLANcard

C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

sirb

3.93

Building Client/Server applications with VC for secure private file sharing
Updated: 9 Nov 2005

How to build secure private file sharing client/server using a freeware SDK.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, VS.NET2003, Windows, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Chichka

3.46

An Asynchronous Socket Server and Client

Updated: 7 Sep 2007

An asynchronous socket server and client with encryption and compression.

.NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, VS2005, C#, Dev, Intermediate

Andre Azevedo

4.80

A simple IOCP Server/Client Class

Updated: 27 Jun 2006

This source code uses the advanced IOCP technology which can efficiently serve multiple clients. It also presents some solutions to practical problems that arise with the IOCP programming API, and provides a simple echo client/server with file transfer.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS6, C++/CLI, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

spinoza

4.78

Picture Chat Using C#

Updated: 31 Jul 2008

A chat program that supports Unicode input and picture transfer.

VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, .NET, Dev, Intermediate

Yang Kok Wah

4.77

Simple FTP demo application using C#.Net 2.0
Updated: 17 Jan 2007

An article to demonstrate common FTP functionalities using C#.net 2.0.

Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Mohammed. Habeeb

4.76

A Chat Application Using Asynchronous TCP Sockets
Updated: 28 Dec 2006

This article will discuss a chat application using asynchronous TCP sockets, in C#.

C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Hitesh Sharma

4.75

Asynchronous socket communication
Updated: 27 Nov 2001

An article on using sockets to communicate in a non-blocking manner. The sample works through building a simple chat client and server.

VC6, .NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

John McTainsh

4.73

Network Development Kit 2.0

Updated: 29 Dec 2006

Network Development Kit is a set of simple classes for a client-server architecture.

VC6, VC7.1, NT4, Win2K, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Sebastien_Lachance

4.72

A WCF-WPF Chat Application
Updated: 15 Apr 2008

An Internet chat application with file transfer.

.NET 2.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, VS2008, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, WCF, XAML, WPF, Intermediate

Islam ElDemery

4.71

Genesis UDP Server and Client
Updated: 21 Dec 2005

An article that shows the implementation of a lightweight UDP server and client with optional reliable channel.

.NET 2.0, VS2005, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

Rob Harwood

4.70

Simple File Transfer Using the Network Development Kit 2.0

Updated: 29 Dec 2006

NDK File Transfer is a simple demonstration on how to send and receive a file using the NDK 2.0.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2003, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Sebastien_Lachance

4.70

LanTalk
Updated: 6 Jun 2008

Yet another chat application, with server running in service mode or GUI mode.

C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, XML, .NET, Dev, Intermediate, Advanced

Zoltan Balazs

4.70

Creating a Jabber Client using the agsXMPP Library
Updated: 12 Nov 2007

This article describes how to create a small Jabber Chat client.

VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, .NET, Dev, Beginner

Frank Mayer-Potschak

4.68

Design and Implementation of a High-performance TCP/IP Communications Library
Updated: 3 Aug 2008

A TCP/IP Communications Library, designed to handle client-server data transmission for a massive multiplayer online game.

C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, .NET, Architect, Dev, Intermediate

owen654321

4.67

Terminal Control Project (C# VT100 SSH Telnet)
Updated: 14 Mar 2006

An article on implementing Telnet and SSH, and displaying it on a VT100 Terminal Emulation control created using GDI+.

.NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, GDI+, Dev, Intermediate

Sardaan Frostreaver

4.63

Scalable Servers with IO Completion Ports and How to Cook Them

Updated: 1 Oct 2007

The theory and practice of developing server applications.

VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Beginner, Intermediate

rtybase

4.60

TCP/IP Chat Application Using C#
Updated: 30 Jan 2006

This is a LAN chat application with TCP/IP socket programming technology in C#. This application is a multi thread network application and works in a non-blocking way. Public and private chat is also implemented in this code.

.NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS2005, C#, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate

xironix

4.56

A chat server/client solution for local networks
Updated: 5 Jun 2005

A chat server/client solution for local networks, terminal server/terminal client environments.

.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, WinForms, Intermediate

Evren Daglioglu

4.55

Testing TCP and UDP socket servers using C# and .NET
Updated: 20 Jul 2002

When you're developing a TCP/IP server application it's easy to test it poorly. In this article we develop a test framework that does most of the hard work for you.

.NET 1.0, VS.NET2002, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

Len Holgate

4.53

Barry's Chat System
Updated: 24 Nov 2002

Barry's Chat System

VC6, VC7, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Barretto VN

4.50

A simple TFTP client using C#
Updated: 23 Jun 2007

An article about creating a TFTP client with C#.

.NET 2.0, VS.NET2002, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

Matthias.Fischer

4.50

Network Transfer Of Files Using MFC's CSocket Class
Updated: 31 Oct 2004

How to use CSocket to transfer files from one computer to another over a netwok or the Internet.

VC6, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Beginner

Mike O'Neill

4.49

Chat With US DI

Updated: 7 Aug 2002

Chat (Client/Server) project build with code found at Code Project.

VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, STL, Dev, Intermediate

DCUtility

4.48

SmartIrc4net - the C# IRC library
Updated: 19 Sep 2004

IRC library for .NET.

.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

meebey

4.47

Multi-threaded Client/Server Socket Class

Updated: 1 Apr 2004

A multi-threaded based Client/Server Socket Communication class

VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Ernest Laurentin

4.46

A very basic TCP server written in C#

Updated: 7 Mar 2006

This article shows a way to implement a small TCP server for general porpouses, using C#.

C#, Windows, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

edrazy

4.42

XML Based Communication library
Updated: 18 Dec 2003

XML based communication library to use command/object based through TCP/IP connections.

.NET 1.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate

Hesham Desouky

4.39

IP Multicasting in C#

Updated: 9 Jan 2002

A simple client/server implementation of multicasting in C# .NET Framework.

.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Gary Brewer

4.39

Server Client Sockets
Updated: 25 Apr 2003

Sample application Uses Server and client socket to establish exchange of data

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Beginner

Emiliano

4.38

A Simple .NET TCP Socket Component

Updated: 14 Oct 2005

Reusable C# code for client-server programming in .NET

VC6, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, VS6, C#, VB, ASP.NET, Dev, Intermediate

Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳

4.37

Single Server With Multiple Clients : a Simple C++ Implementation
Updated: 22 Jul 2004

Implement a client/server structure with multiple clients using simple C++ classes

VC6, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

liyang yu

4.36

Network Administrator
Updated: 19 Dec 2004

The article shows how you can work with a multithreading client server application and administrate computers on a network.

VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

euacela

4.33

A simple prototype for demonstration of Voice Communication via Network/Internet

Updated: 14 Jun 2000

Voice communication

VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Zhaohui Xing

4.32

Sample HTTP Server Skeleton in C#

Updated: 14 Jan 2007

HTTP Server Abstract class, to serve HTTP Content.

Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

rmortega77

4.31

Writing scalable server applications using IOCP

Updated: 5 Feb 2001

An article about using I/O Completion Ports and Winsock to write robust and scalable Windows server applications.

VC6, Win2K, VB 6, MFC, Dev, Advanced

Oz Ben Eliezer

4.28

TcpDemon
Updated: 9 Aug 2005

This article shows a NET implementation of a typical TCP demon.

.NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

Max Hajek (aka AzazelDev)

4.28

IPv6 Client Server Network Applications in C# .NET

Updated: 6 Aug 2003

IPv6 programming in the C# .NET 1.1 environment.

.NET 1.0, Win2K, WinXP, C#, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Gary Brewer

4.26

Downloading updates in Windows Form application
Updated: 7 Jun 2007

Downloading updates from Windows Forms application in an intranet scenario

.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, VS.NET2003, VS2005, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, Dev, Intermediate

Moim Hossain

4.23

How to use the SocketAsyncEventArgs class
Updated: 14 Jan 2008

An article about how to use the SocketAsyncEventArgs class.

.NET 2.0, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C#, .NET, Architect, Dev, Intermediate

Marcos Hidalgo Nunes

4.20

A light-weighted client/server socket class in C++
Updated: 19 May 2004

A multi-platform client/server socket in C++.

VC6, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

liyang yu

4.18

QDNet

Updated: 21 Nov 2008

QDNet is a compact client communication library that enables messaging between clients and server.

C# 2.0, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

JayKore

4.14

Scalable Servers Using IOCP
Updated: 13 Jul 2006

The purpose of this article is to cover a design that can be used to develop scalable network servers without impacting performance.

Win2K, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Dinesh Ahuja

4.10

A Simple Multi-Threaded Server Client Instant Messenger Application
Updated: 4 Jun 2006

A Simple Multi-Threaded Server Client Instant Messenger Application that uses TCP Listener and TCP Client. Allows Personal message and Conference communication between Clients and with the Server

Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

massivegas

4.07

Developing a Truly Scalable Winsock Server using IO Completion Ports

Updated: 22 Sep 2001

Developing a Truly Scalable Winsock Server using IO Completion Ports

VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Advanced

Norm .net

4.04

Multithreaded Chat Server

Updated: 31 Jan 2007

This is a simple multithreaded chat server, intended for people to learn Socket programming and Threads in C#.

.NET 2.0, VS2005, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

Sidzone

4.03

Executing commands on a remote machine - Part 2

Updated: 21 Oct 2001

A simple tool that allows you to control other machines from your program

VC6, NT4, Win2K, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳

4.00

Managing packet-based connections with CPacketConnection
Updated: 22 Jul 2002

CPacketConnection is a class for creating and managing packet-based connections

VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Emilio Guijarro

4.00

Mentalis Based SecureSocketClient

Updated: 28 Feb 2008

Mentalis based SecureSocketClient

WinXP, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, Intermediate

Igor Sokolsky

4.00

A Simple HTTP Proxy with the ACE Library

Updated: 6 Nov 2008

An article on how to build a simple HTTP proxy server

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, C++/CLI, C, Intermediate

auralius

4.00

Telnet server classes
Updated: 12 Jun 2001

Some classes and sample code on how to control/access your app remotely, using a telnet client.

VC6, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

J.Hogendoorn

3.97

Building Multiplayer Capability into Your Game in One Hour
Updated: 7 Oct 2005

Want to build multiplayer games but have no idea where to start or no time to develop solid networking code? Read on...

VC7.1, WinXP, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Gabriyel

3.97

An Introduction to Socket Programming in .NET using C#
Updated: 10 Jun 2005

In this article, we will learn the basics of socket programming in .NET Framework using C#. Secondly, we will create a small application consisting of a server and a client which will communicate using TCP and UDP protocols.

.NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

.NETian

3.96

Create your own Web Server using C#
Updated: 27 Oct 2001

A step by step introduction to writing a Web Server using C#.

.NET 1.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Imtiaz Alam

3.93

Asynchronous Socket Communications Using the .NET Framework
Updated: 31 Aug 2003

An article on asynchronous socket communications using the .NET framework.

.NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, C#, Dev, Intermediate

Scott McCain

3.92

Class for Communication using Windows Sockets and TCP/IP

Updated: 7 Dec 2007

Classes with many useful properties and methods to communicate using TCP/IP

NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C# 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C#, Windows, Win32, Intermediate

JonataCB

3.90

Multiple Views on Different Computers with a Single Model on Server
Updated: 30 Jul 2007

Implements Multiple Clients with different views connected with a single server remotely. Server has a single centralized model database. All views are updated asynchronously if the model is updated from any client or server itself.

.NET 2.0, VS6, C# 2.0, Windows, Dev, Beginner

vikas maan

3.88

A high performance TCP/IP socket server COM component for VB

Updated: 25 Jun 2002

Although socket based TCP/IP servers using IO Completion Ports are often written in C++ it's sometimes useful to write such a server in Visual Basic.

VC6, VC7, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2002, VS6, VB 6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Len Holgate

3.86

A TCP/IP Server written in C#
Updated: 29 Dec 2003

TCP/IP Server, which is running as a Windows Service waiting for client requests

.NET 1.1, VS.NET2003, C#, Windows, Dev, Intermediate

Fact Pandit

3.85

A simple application using I/O Completion Ports and WinSock

Updated: 30 Mar 2007

An article on implementing I/O completion ports using WinSock.

VC6, NT4, Win2K, Win2003, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Swarajya Pendharkar

3.76

Simple Client-server Interactions using C#

Updated: 14 Jul 2008

Introduces a couple of cover classes to provide event-driven interaction with TCP/IP sockets and simple message protocols

.NET 1.1, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

BobJanova

3.74

A simple C++ client/server in CORBA
Updated: 1 Apr 2008

An introduction to the Visual C++ CORBA development.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, Win2K, WinXP, VS2005, C++, C++/CLI, C, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, Architect, Dev, Design, Advanced

Carlos Jiménez de Parga

3.64

High Performance TCP/IP Server using C#.NET

Updated: 2 Mar 2008

This article describes how to write high performance server applications using the .NET platform.

.NET 2.0, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, C# 2.0, .NET 3.0, C# 3.0, .NET 3.5, C++/CLI, C#, .NET, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Artur Sharipov

3.63

How to create a chat client using a set of communication classes

Updated: 25 Aug 2003

A pair of classes (no mfc) that can be used for tcp/ip _and_ serial communication.

VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2002, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

jgauffin, Jonas Gauffin

3.60

EasySocket - Flexible and easy implementation of client-server architecture in C#

Updated: 23 Feb 2006

Using .NET Socket on TCP to create events oriented client-server behaviour.

.NET 1.1, .NET 2.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, VS.NET2003, C#, VB, Dev, Intermediate

JadBenAutho

3.57

Introduction to TCP client server in C#
Updated: 1 Oct 2001

An article on TCP client server programming

.NET 1.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

S.Thangaraju

3.55

Simple Socket Control(s) to Create Server-Client Applications

Updated: 5 Jul 2006

Creating a simple control to be used as socket

.NET 1.1, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate

punokio

3.55

Creating a Client/Server Framework
Updated: 13 Nov 2002

Create a complete client/server framework with added server features, including activity logging, minimizing to the system tray, password and version checking, as well as user maintenance.

VC6, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, C++/CLI, .NET, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Jeff Miles

3.53

Bi-directional RPC
Updated: 4 May 2003

How to use RPC for doing bi-directional client/server procedure calls.

VC6, VC7, Win2K, WinXP, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

moshe masas

3.46

How to build a chat server based on an IOCP framework

Updated: 26 Aug 2003

A winsock server framework that uses I/O completion ports. It is designed for reusability and must be overriden.

VC7, VC7.1, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

jgauffin

3.44

A simple TFTP client using C++
Updated: 11 Sep 2008

A simple TFTP client implementation using C++, based on the Microsoft Winsock library.

VC6, VC7, VC7.1, VC8.0, NT4, Win2K, WinXP, Win2003, Vista, TabletPC, VS6, C++, Windows, Win32, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

dim13

3.35

Chat program

Updated: 2 Dec 2002

Simple chat program.

VC6, NT4, Win2K, VS6, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

essam el-nagar

3.23

A scalable client/server using select() socket function
Updated: 17 Aug 2007

An article on using select() function to create scalable client/server applications

C++, Windows, Visual Studio, MFC, Dev, Intermediate

Swarajya Pendharkar

3.23

Simple TCP/IP Console Client (TcpClient, MultiThreading)
Updated: 21 Apr 2003

This is a tutorial on how to write a very simple TCP/IP console client that asks for a hostname and port which it will connect to. It spawns two threads - sending thread and receiving thread.

.NET 1.0, C#, Windows, Visual Studio, Dev, Intermediate

Vigrid

3.23

Pop3 Client Service Engine instead of SQLMail
Updated: 10 Nov 2005

Pop3 Client Service (instead of SQLMail): Pop3 Class + DB Halper Class + Read XML Class + SQL Connection Dlg Control + BLOB to File Util

.NET 1.1, SQL 2000, VS.NET2003, C#, SQL, Windows, DBA, Dev, Advanced

Sigura

3.18

Sending Binary Data using Sockets
Updated: 25 Jan 2005

An article on file transfer using sockets.

.NET 1.1, Win2K, WinXP, VS.NET2003, C#, Dev, Intermediate

engine252