Irc

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

can someone gimme an idea how programs like IRC is programmed?so many users..so many channels....how does the infrastructur of that program is made?
tks a lot

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

anyone has any ideas?

[Twodogs]

Source code for a good unix IRC server / client is here (http://ftp2.nchu.edu.tw/UNIX/IRC/server/Old/irc2.8/)

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

any windows one????
but i was looking for some explanation on how it would work...

[SeventhStar]

so i recently needed something similar and used this to design my own irc client.

Here is the sample. pretty simple but gives the general idea. it uses MFC and windows sockets (which is the only way to use irc in windows i think)

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

some comments on your project?:)

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

nothing happens when i try to connect....i cant see anything happening...care to help me with some instructions?
tks a lot:)

[SeventhStar]

hmm what do you mean with nothing happens?
do you connect?

try changing the port to 6667 (most irc servers use it instead ot 7000)

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

did it...but nothing happens still...a window comes for a brief second and it dissapears....cant see anything..:(

[SeventhStar]

hmmm tel me what exatctly do you do?
I never had this problem :confused:

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

i just click open and click on connect...i changed the port number to 6667 and what happens is:a window comes for about 500 milliseconds and then it dissapears and i am back to square 1:(

[SeventhStar]

change the server... if the connection fails (or is closed) all windows close.
change the nick...

If these dont work... I honestly dont know where the problem might be

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Joseph_R_Thomas]

cant get it to work...:(

[SeventhStar]

I'm sorry.... i never had any problem with it :(