MaChat - a chat with a browser for LANs

Michael Mac

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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.

machatproject.zip
- MaChatproject
  - Chat.sln
  - Chat.suo
  - ChatLibrary
    - AssemblyInfo.cpp
    - Channel.cpp
    - Channel.h
    - Chat.cpp
    - ChatLibrary.cpp
    - ChatLibrary.h
    - ChatLibrary.vcproj
    - Common.h
    - Core.h
    - map
    - Message.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - snChatLibrary.snk
    - Stdafx.cpp
    - Stdafx.h
    - User.cpp
    - User.h
  - MaChat
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        AxSHDocVw.dll
        
        data
        
        html
        
        frame.html
        
        header.html
        
        line.jpg
        
        main.html
        
        script.js
        
        smiley
        
        rose.gif
        
        smiley_biggrin.gif
        
        smiley_confused.gif
        
        smiley_cool.gif
        
        smiley_cry.gif
        
        smiley_dead.gif
        
        smiley_eek.gif
        
        smiley_frown.gif
        
        smiley_laugh.gif
        
        smiley_line.gif
        
        smiley_mad.gif
        
        smiley_OMG.gif
        
        smiley_redface.gif
        
        smiley_rolleyes.gif
        
        smiley_smile.gif
        
        smiley_snore.gif
        
        smiley_squeamish.gif
        
        smiley_suss.gif
        
        smiley_tongue.gif
        
        smiley_wink.gif
        
        smiley_WTF.gif
        
        style.css
        
        icons
        
        away.ico
        
        brb.ico
        
        browser.ico
        
        dnd.ico
        
        local.ico
        
        offline.ico
        
        private.ico
        
        public.ico
        
        remote.ico
        
        user.ico
        
        layout.xml
        
        options.xml
        
        pl
        
        SHDocVw.dll
        
        temp
      - Release
        
        AxSHDocVw.dll
        
        data
        
        html
        
        frame.html
        
        header.html
        
        line.jpg
        
        main.html
        
        script.js
        
        smiley
        
        rose.gif
        
        smiley_biggrin.gif
        
        smiley_confused.gif
        
        smiley_cool.gif
        
        smiley_cry.gif
        
        smiley_dead.gif
        
        smiley_eek.gif
        
        smiley_frown.gif
        
        smiley_laugh.gif
        
        smiley_line.gif
        
        smiley_mad.gif
        
        smiley_OMG.gif
        
        smiley_redface.gif
        
        smiley_rolleyes.gif
        
        smiley_smile.gif
        
        smiley_snore.gif
        
        smiley_squeamish.gif
        
        smiley_suss.gif
        
        smiley_tongue.gif
        
        smiley_wink.gif
        
        smiley_WTF.gif
        
        style.css
        
        icons
        
        away.ico
        
        brb.ico
        
        browser.ico
        
        dnd.ico
        
        local.ico
        
        offline.ico
        
        private.ico
        
        public.ico
        
        remote.ico
        
        user.ico
        
        layout.xml
        
        options.xml
        
        pl
        
        SHDocVw.dll
        
        temp
    - ChannelBrowser.cpp
    - ChannelBrowser.h
    - ChannelPage.cpp
    - ChannelPage.h
    - ChatProxy.cpp
    - ChatProxy.h
    - Formatters.cpp
    - Formatters.h
    - Forms.h
    - GIT.cpp
    - GIT.h
    - MaChat.cpp
    - MaChat.vcproj
    - MainForm.cpp
    - MainForm.h
    - Note.cpp
    - Note.h
    - obj
      - Release
        
        BuildLog.htm
    - Options.cpp
    - Options.h
    - ReadMe.txt
    - Resources
      - AssemblyInfo.cpp
      - chat.ico
      - Images.resources
      - resource.h
      - Win32.rc
    - stdafx.cpp
    - stdafx.h
    - ToolBar.h
    - WebBrowserEx.cpp
    - WebBrowserEx.h
    - WebBrowserPage.cpp
    - WebBrowserPage.h
  - MagicLibrary
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - bin
      - Debug
      - Release
    - Collections
    - Common
    - Controls
      - BorderForControl.cs
      - BorderForControl.resx
      - InertButton.bmp
      - InertButton.cs
      - TabControl.bmp
      - TabControl.cs
      - TabControl.resx
      - TabControlDesigner.cs
      - TabPage.cs
      - TabPage.resx
    - Docking
    - MagicLibrary.csproj
    - MagicLibrary.csproj.user
    - Menus
      - DrawCommand.cs
      - MenuCommand.cs
      - MenuCommand.resx
      - MenuControl.bmp
      - MenuControl.cs
      - MenuControl.resx
      - MenuControlDesigner.cs
      - PopupMenu.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        MagicLibrary.projdata
        
        temp
        
        TempPE
      - Release
        
        MagicLibrary.projdata
        
        temp
        
        TempPE
    - Resources
      - ImagesCaptionIDE.bmp
      - ImagesCaptionPlain.bmp
      - ImagesMenuControl.bmp
      - ImagesPopupMenu.bmp
      - ImagesTabControl.bmp
      - LibraryIcon.ico
    - Win32
  - Resources
    - bin
    - MaChat.ChatProxy.pl.resX
    - MaChat.ChatProxy.resX
    - MaChat.MainForm.pl.resX
    - MaChat.MainForm.resX
    - MaChat.OptionsDlg.pl.resX
    - MaChat.OptionsDlg.resX
    - obj
    - Resources.vcproj
  - Setup
    - Setup.vdproj
    - Setup
ssetup.zip
- sSetup.msi
lsetup.zip
- lSetup.msi

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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1250">
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<body>
<pre>
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Build Log
</font></table><table width=* cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=0 bgcolor=#EDEDF5>&nbsp;</td><td width=0 bgcolor=#FFFFFF>&nbsp;</td><td width=*><pre>
<h3>------- Build started: Project: MaChat, Configuration: Release|Win32 -------
</h3>
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Environment Space
</font></table><table width=* cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=0 bgcolor=#EDEDF5>&nbsp;</td><td width=0 bgcolor=#FFFFFF>&nbsp;</td><td width=*><pre>    ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
    APPDATA=C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Dane aplikacji
    CLIENTNAME=Console
    CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
    COMPUTERNAME=MAC
    ComSpec=C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
    HOMEDRIVE=C:
    HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac
    INCLUDE=E:\SDKs\WMSDK\WMFSDK\include;E:\SDKs\MSXML 4.0\inc;E:\SDKs\MsAgent\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\atlmfc\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\include\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\include;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\include;
    LIB=E:\SDKs\WMSDK\WMFSDK\lib;E:\SDKs\MSXML 4.0\lib;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\lib;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\atlmfc\lib;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\lib;
    LIBPATH=
    LOGONSERVER=\\MAC
    NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1
    NVSDKDX=E:\SDKs\NVSDK\DirectX
    NVSDKGL=E:\SDKs\NVSDK\OpenGL
    OS=Windows_NT
    Path=E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\bin;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\bin\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\bin;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\tools;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\ide;C:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop\;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\Bin\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE\;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;
    PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
    PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
    PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 4 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD
    PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
    PROCESSOR_REVISION=0402
    ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
    SESSIONNAME=Console
    SystemDrive=C:
    SystemRoot=C:\WINDOWS
    TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1\USTAWI~1\Temp
    TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\MICHAE~1\USTAWI~1\Temp
    USERDOMAIN=MAC
    USERNAME=Michael Mac
    USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac
    VJSHARPTOOLS=E:\Tools\Microsoft Visual J# .NET\Framework\Bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft Visual JSharp .NET\Framework\v1.0.4205;
    VSCOMNTOOLS="E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\"
    windir=C:\WINDOWS
    _ACP_ATLPROV=E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\bin\ATLPROV.DLL
    _ACP_INCLUDE=E:\SDKs\WMSDK\WMFSDK\include;E:\SDKs\MSXML 4.0\inc;E:\SDKs\MsAgent\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\atlmfc\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\include\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\include;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\include;
    _ACP_LIB=E:\SDKs\WMSDK\WMFSDK\lib;E:\SDKs\MSXML 4.0\lib;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\lib;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\atlmfc\lib;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\lib;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\lib;;E:\SDKs\WMSDK\WMFSDK\include;E:\SDKs\MSXML 4.0\inc;E:\SDKs\MsAgent\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\atlmfc\include;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\include\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\PlatformSDK\include;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\include;
    _ACP_PATH=E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\bin;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\bin\prerelease;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\Tools\bin;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\tools;E:\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\ide;C:\Program Files\HTML Help Workshop\;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705;E:\SDKs\FrameworkSDK\Bin\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE\;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Vc7\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;
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Command Lines
</font></table><table width=* cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=0 bgcolor=#EDEDF5>&nbsp;</td><td width=0 bgcolor=#FFFFFF>&nbsp;</td><td width=*><pre>Creating temporary file "c:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Pulpit\MaChatproject\MaChat\obj\Release\RSP00000A.rsp" with contents
[
/Od /Ob1 /AI "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies" /AI "bin\Release" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /FD /EHsc /MT /GS /Yu"stdafx.h" /Fp"obj\Release/MaChat.pch" /Fo"obj\Release/" /Fd"obj\Release/vc70.pdb" /W4 /c /Zi /clr /TP
"Resources\AssemblyInfo.cpp"
"WebBrowserPage.cpp"
"ChannelPage.cpp"
"WebBrowserEx.cpp"
"Options.cpp"
"Note.cpp"
"MainForm.cpp"
"MaChat.cpp"
"Formatters.cpp"
"ChatProxy.cpp"
"ChannelBrowser.cpp"
]
Creating command line "cl.exe @"c:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Pulpit\MaChatproject\MaChat\obj\Release\RSP00000A.rsp" /nologo"
Creating temporary file "c:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Pulpit\MaChatproject\MaChat\obj\Release\RSP00000B.rsp" with contents
[
/Od /Ob1 /AI "C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies" /AI "bin\Release" /D "WIN32" /D "NDEBUG" /D "_MBCS" /FD /EHsc /MT /GS /Yc"stdafx.h" /Fp"obj\Release/MaChat.pch" /Fo"obj\Release/" /Fd"obj\Release/vc70.pdb" /W4 /c /Zi /clr /TP
"stdafx.cpp"
]
Creating command line "cl.exe @"c:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Pulpit\MaChatproject\MaChat\obj\Release\RSP00000B.rsp" /nologo"
</pre></table><table width=100% bgcolor=#DFDFE5><tr><td><font face=arial size=+2>
Output Window
</font></table><table width=* cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=0 bgcolor=#EDEDF5>&nbsp;</td><td width=0 bgcolor=#FFFFFF>&nbsp;</td><td width=*><pre>Compiling...
stdafx.cpp
c:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Pulpit\MaChatproject\MaChat\stdafx.h(16) : fatal error C1107: could not find assembly 'ChatLibrary.dll': please specify the assembly search path using /AI or by setting the LIBPATH environment variable
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Results
</font></table><table width=* cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=0 bgcolor=#EDEDF5>&nbsp;</td><td width=0 bgcolor=#FFFFFF>&nbsp;</td><td width=*><pre>
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\Michael Mac\Pulpit\MaChatproject\MaChat\obj\Release\BuildLog.htm"
MaChat - 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)</pre></table><table   width=100% height=20 bgcolor=#CFCFE5><tr><td><font face=arial size=+2>
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Michael Mac

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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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