// Connect: try to connect to an IRC server
public bool Connect(ConnectionInformations ci)
{
// If the client is already connected,
if (IsConnected)
{
// just close everything
client.Close();
stream.Close();
}
// ReInitialize the client and try to connect
try
{
client = new TcpClient();
client.Connect(ci.Address, ci.Port);
}
catch (SocketException)
{
// If here, the connection went wrong, just return
return(false);
}
// Prepare the stream, reader and writer
stream = client.GetStream();
writer = new StreamWriter(stream, new UTF8Encoding(false));
reader = new StreamReader(stream, new UTF8Encoding(false));
// Start the receiving thread
Thread t = new Thread(Read);
t.Start();
// Return
return(true);
}
// Connect: try to connect to an IRC server
public bool Connect(ConnectionInformations ci)
{
// If the client is already connected,
if (IsConnected)
{
// just close everything
client.Close();
stream.Close();
}
// ReInitialize the client and try to connect
try
{
client = new TcpClient();
client.Connect(ci.Address, ci.Port);
}
catch (SocketException)
{
// If here, the connection went wrong, just return
return false;
}
// Prepare the stream, reader and writer
stream = client.GetStream();
writer = new StreamWriter(stream, new UTF8Encoding(false));
reader = new StreamReader(stream, new UTF8Encoding(false));
// Start the receiving thread
Thread t = new Thread(Read);
t.Start();
// Return
return true;
}