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Connecting 2 PC's Over The Internet
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Visual FoxPro
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Hi Kevin,

I am in Dallas right now, I will look into it when I am back on Monday.

>Nick,
>
>I posted a thread not too long ago about game programming. I know you have
>some experience with connecting via the internet, so I wanted to throw this
>at you.
>
>This is all based on the fact that I have no knowledge if this at all.
>
>I'd like to be able to connect up to 5 PC's via a TCP/IP connection.
>I would want one PC to be host, but if the host disconnects, then the next
>PC to have connected becomes the host.
>
>From this point, I would simply want to pass messages around to all PC's connected
>to the host. For example, a typical message might be "Move piece 'A' to grid x,y"
>and then when received on each PC, the application moves the peice.
>
>In this scenerio, any type of message could be passed, such as game stats, chat,
>piece movement, player join/quit, ect.
>
>So, first, am I lost on this? Or is this doable? Could you point me in the right
>direction?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Kevin
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
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