How To Create C# Chat Application

Hello Geeks .. Today I gonna show you How to make a Chat Application Using Microsoft C#.NET 5.0 .
You Can Use Older Versions Since there is nothing special in the application that only belongs to C# 5.0 .

This Application Was Created To Allow Two Computers To "Chat" Using IP Addresses Also you Can Open two Clients On The Same Computer and Use Same IP Address But Different Port.. It is simple and Easy to Use And Develop .. I also Uploaded The Full Working Project With It's Source Code On MediaFire.. You Will Find The Link At The End Of the Post :)

First Design The Form : As Seen In The Above Picture And Give Name To The Buttons and Text Boxes and The ListBox

In GroupBox Me : txtLocalIP and txtLocalPort

In GroupBox Friend : txtRemoteIP and txtRemotePort

Name Buttons : BtnConnect , BtnSend

Name ListBox : ListMessages.

Name The below Text Box As TxtMessage

Steps To Implement The Code Yourself :

First Add Those Two Namespaces :

Using System.Net;
Using System.Net.Sockets;

Inside The Form Class Create Instances Of The Following :

Socket mySocket;
EndPoint epLocal , epRemote;

byte [] buffer;

Create A private string method To Get The Local IP of The Computer :

private string GetLocalIP()
{
IPHostEntry myHost;
myHost = Dns.GetHostEntry(Dns.GetHostName());
foreach (IPAddress ip in myHost.AddressList)
{
if (ip.AddressFamily == AddressFamily.InterNetwork)
return ip.ToString();
}
return "127.0.0.1";
}

Create Another Method With Instance IAsyncResult :

private void MessageCallBack(IAsyncResult aResult)

{

try

{

byte[] RecivedData = new byte[1500];

RecivedData = (byte[])aResult.AsyncState;

//converting byte[] into string

ASCIIEncoding aEncoding = new ASCIIEncoding();

string RecivedMessage = aEncoding.GetString(RecivedData);

//Adding this message to listbox

ListMessages.Items.Add("Friend : " + RecivedMessage);

buffer = new byte[1500];

mySocket.BeginReceiveFrom(buffer, 0, buffer.Length, SocketFlags.None, ref epRemote, new AsyncCallback(MessageCallBack), buffer);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());

}

Now In The Form_Load Field .. Set Up The Socket and Get The User IP :

//set up socket

mySocket = new Socket(AddressFamily.InterNetwork, SocketType.Dgram, ProtocolType.Udp);

mySocket.SetSocketOption(SocketOptionLevel.Socket, SocketOptionName.ReuseAddress, true);

//get user IP

txtLocalIP.Text = GetLocalIP();

txtRemoteIP.Text = GetLocalIP();

Start Implementing Code For The Connect Button :

private void BtnConnect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

//binding sockets

epLocal = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(txtLocalIP.Text), Convert.ToInt32(txtLocalPort.Text));

mySocket.Bind(epLocal);

//Connecting To Remote IP

epRemote = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse(txtRemoteIP.Text), Convert.ToInt32(txtRemotePort.Text));

mySocket.Connect(epRemote);

//Listening TO specific Port

buffer = new byte[1500];

mySocket.BeginReceiveFrom(buffer, 0, buffer.Length, SocketFlags.None, ref epRemote, new AsyncCallback(MessageCallBack), buffer);

//Announce When Connected

BtnConnect.Text = "Connected";

BtnConnect.Enabled = false;

}

Implement Code For The Send Message Button :

private void btnSend_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

//converting string messages to byte

ASCIIEncoding aEncoding = new ASCIIEncoding();

byte[] SendingMessage = new byte[1500];

SendingMessage = aEncoding.GetBytes(txtMessage.Text);

//sending Encoding message

mySocket.Send(SendingMessage);

//adding to listbox

ListMessages.Items.Add("ME : " + txtMessage.Text);

txtMessage.Text = null;

}

Here You Can Download The Full Working Application And It's Source Code :

The Download Link : C# Chat Application Using IP Address

I Hope It's Useful For You People .. Best Wishes :)

Such A Computer Guy

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