hardcore internet programming 1

[gusset]

just for fun, i am doing a small project which involves a game which is a bit like minesweeper.

i would like to play over the internet with some friends, just like you can on msn.

trouble is that i don't know anything about connecting comupters in order to send the move data - grid positions ("D4&quot, player names ("gusset&quot, a short message ("got you this time!&quot, scores ("2-0&quot. at the moment, my skills/knowledge extend only to using e-mail protocol to send move data and extracting it from the body of the e-mail.

can anyone point me in the right direction to sending the information in data packets to the correct IP address, using ports, etc? google search terms would be just fine!

many thanks

gusset

 

[LPlates]

You should investigate the Winsock Control, do a search at google for 'winsock programming' or similar. Alternatively you could search

http://www.planetsourcecode.com

 

[gusset]

i always wondered what winsock was. i guess now's the time to learn.

hope it's not too hard!



gusset