private static void SendMessage(the_server server)
{
// setup new timer to 1 second
aTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(1000);
while (true)
{
// Hook up CheckRetrieve for the timer, so it will be constantly called.
aTimer.Elapsed += CheckRetrieve;
aTimer.AutoReset = true;
aTimer.Enabled = true;
// Ask for user to grant input, if they enter nothing, keep allowing input
Console.WriteLine("Enter a message, specify a client id in order to send message to client, or enter q to quit:");
string message = Console.ReadLine();
while (message.Length == 0)
{
message = Console.ReadLine();
}
// if q is selected, disconnect client
if (message == "q")
{
Disconnect();
}
byte[] buffer = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(message); // encode message into byte array
mysock.Send(buffer, buffer.Length, SocketFlags.None); // send the byte buffer to server
}
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.Title = "Client";
the_server my_server = new the_server();
string connection_information = ReachOut();
int position = connection_information.IndexOf(':');
string temp = connection_information.Substring(position + 1);
Console.WriteLine(temp);
int port = Int32.Parse(temp);
my_server.port = port;
string the_ip = connection_information.Substring(0, position);
my_server.ip = the_ip;
ConstantConnect(my_server); // constantly connect loop
SendMessage(my_server); // send message loop
//Console.Read();
}
// function to constantly try to connect the client, and will loop until client is connected
private static void ConstantConnect(the_server server)
{
int connection_attempts = 0;
while (!mysock.Connected)
{
try
{
connection_attempts++;
mysock.Connect(IPAddress.Parse(server.ip), server.port); // hardcoded the loopback address, same port as server
}
catch (SocketException) // if doesn't successfully connect, then print the number of connection attempts
{
Console.Clear();
Console.WriteLine("Connection attempts: " + connection_attempts.ToString());
}
}
Console.Clear();
Console.WriteLine("Client successfully connected");
}