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MaChat - a chat with a browser for LANs

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This article shows how to create a Chat for Local Area Networks which uses the WebBrowser control to display the messages.
// *****************************************************************************
// 
//  (c) Crownwood Consulting Limited 2002 
//  All rights reserved. The software and associated documentation 
//  supplied hereunder are the proprietary information of Crownwood Consulting 
//	Limited, Haxey, North Lincolnshire, England and are supplied subject to 
//	licence terms.
// 
//  Magic Version 1.6	www.dotnetmagic.com
// *****************************************************************************

using System;
using Crownwood.Magic.Collections;
using Crownwood.Magic.Controls;

namespace Crownwood.Magic.Collections
{
    public class TabPageCollection : CollectionWithEvents
    {
        public TabPage Add(TabPage value)
        {
            // Use base class to process actual collection operation
            base.List.Add(value as object);

            return value;
        }

        public void AddRange(TabPage[] values)
        {
            // Use existing method to add each array entry
            foreach(TabPage page in values)
                Add(page);
        }

        public void Remove(TabPage value)
        {
            // Use base class to process actual collection operation
            base.List.Remove(value as object);
        }

        public void Insert(int index, TabPage value)
        {
            // Use base class to process actual collection operation
            base.List.Insert(index, value as object);
        }

        public bool Contains(TabPage value)
        {
            // Use base class to process actual collection operation
            return base.List.Contains(value as object);
        }

        public TabPage this[int index]
        {
            // Use base class to process actual collection operation
            get { return (base.List[index] as TabPage); }
        }

        public TabPage this[string title]
        {
            get 
            {
                // Search for a Page with a matching title
                foreach(TabPage page in base.List)
                    if (page.Title == title)
                        return page;

                return null;
            }
        }

        public int IndexOf(TabPage value)
        {
            // Find the 0 based index of the requested entry
            return base.List.IndexOf(value);
        }
    }
}

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Micheal is an independent consultant - www.macmichal.pl.
He's main areas of interest are: DDD\CqRS, TDD, SaaS, Design Patterns, Architecture. He specializes in .Net/C# for the early beginning of it and T-SQL. He's a writer, blogger (blog.macmichal.pl) and speaker.

In his spare time, he's climbing the mountains all over the Europe.

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