Help With Network Programming in C++
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(NOTE: English isn't my native language, so expect some grammer errors)
why is Network Programming in C++ so .. Hard to Find a WORKING one?
i tried searching for over a week, i couldn't find a WORKING guide for WINDOWS.
mostly are for Linux, and the ones for Windows fail to compile.
i tried SFML Network.hpp but there is not enough documentation about it to read and learn, so i couldn't get it to work.
why is Network programming in C++ so hard??
isn't there a NORMAL library to use?
(yes i have tried winsock.h and WinSock2.h, both still wont work with guides, and not enough documentation about them with Windows)
what i want to achive? a chat program where you can chat to someone online.or at least a simple single message program.
What Should i do??
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@orendr7500 (View Post)
Are you sure the tutorials you are trying are not working, and it's not you who's doing the mistakes? I found this one from a forum where people credited it for being extremely useful. So with some knowledge in programming, common sense and google, I believe you should be able to do it. Although do note that the code does not have to compile when you just copypaste it into visual studio, the guide is a guide afterall, not a ready chat program. -
yeah i know that.
and the reason why i don't post on stack overflow is because they are bunch of Idiots.
why can't i post questions there that people already asked? if i didn't understand something there?
and the link that you posted me, i readed him fully, code won't compile though.
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@orendr7500 (View Post)
Do you know what one should do if their code doesn't compile? Reading the error messages and trying to fix the errors might be a good idea. If you can't fix them, you should probably ask how to fix the errors, instead of asking for someone to program your program for you. -
@orendr7500 (View Post)
Welcome to windows development. It sucks, it just does.
Have you looked at MSDN?
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms741394%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
You'll probably want to call these functions:
WSAStartup
WSASocket/socket
WSAConnect/connect
WSASend/WSARecv/send/recv
WSASendDisconnect/shutdown
EDIT: Besides, you really should learn how to ask questions. You should provide people with information about your problem. "Does not compile" is the most vague description ever. Provide a minimal example and the errors you're getting.Edited once by mniip. Last: 9th Nov 2015 -
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@jBot-42 (View Post)
Just pointing out that not being constructive and just saying "quickly down voted and closed" without any explanation is just being a dick.
