Multicast Chat
/*
C# Network Programming
by Richard Blum
Publisher: Sybex
ISBN: 0782141765
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public class MulticastChat : Form
{
TextBox newText;
ListBox results;
Socket sock;
Thread receiver;
IPEndPoint multiep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("224.100.0.1"), 9050);
public MulticastChat()
{
Text = "Multicast Chat Program";
Size = new Size(400, 380);
Label label1 = new Label();
label1.Parent = this;
label1.Text = "Enter text string:";
label1.AutoSize = true;
label1.Location = new Point(10, 30);
newText = new TextBox();
newText.Parent = this;
newText.Size = new Size(200, 2 * Font.Height);
newText.Location = new Point(10, 55);
results = new ListBox();
results.Parent = this;
results.Location = new Point(10, 85);
results.Size = new Size(360, 18 * Font.Height);
Button sendit = new Button();
sendit.Parent = this;
sendit.Text = "Send";
sendit.Location = new Point(220,52);
sendit.Size = new Size(5 * Font.Height, 2 * Font.Height);
sendit.Click += new EventHandler(ButtonSendOnClick);
Button closeit = new Button();
closeit.Parent = this;
closeit.Text = "Close";
closeit.Location = new Point(290, 52);
closeit.Size = new Size(5 * Font.Height, 2 * Font.Height);
closeit.Click += new EventHandler(ButtonCloseOnClick);
sock = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);
IPEndPoint iep = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 9050);
sock.Bind(iep);
sock.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.IP, SocketOptionName.AddMembership, new MulticastOption(IPAddress.Parse("224.100.0.1")));
receiver = new Thread(new ThreadStart(packetReceive));
receiver.IsBackground = true;
receiver.Start();
}
void ButtonSendOnClick(object obj, EventArgs ea)
{
byte[] message = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(newText.Text);
newText.Clear();
sock.SendTo(message, SocketFlags.None, multiep);
}
void ButtonCloseOnClick(object obj, EventArgs ea)
{
receiver.Abort();
sock.Close();
Close();
}
void packetReceive()
{
EndPoint ep = (EndPoint)multiep;
byte[] data = new byte[1024];
string stringData;
int recv;
while (true)
{
recv = sock.ReceiveFrom(data, ref ep);
stringData = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data, 0, recv);
results.Items.Add("from " + ep.ToString() + ": " + stringData);
}
}
public static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new MulticastChat());
}
}
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