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[dev42]

I figure it best to ask as I'm sure I'm reinventing the same wheel.

Does anybody have any links / books / suggestions to learning how to write a Client app in a Client / Server scenario? Programming language wouldn't be too much of an issue if the explanation was done well.

and along the same lines, is TCP programming the same thing as Telnet programming? Since I accidentally maliciously deleted Telnet from my pc ( to free up hd space ) I'm using PuTTY to see how things should work. Yet, there's still much magic going on that I'm not quite catching.

Also, *not* pointing any fingers, but is it possible that Roku BrightScript's TCP code behaves differently than what PuTTY would do?

peace & 42

[TheEndless]

"dev42" wrote:
Does anybody have any links / books / suggestions to learning how to write a Client app in a Client / Server scenario? Programming language wouldn't be too much of an issue if the explanation was done well.

That question is far too ambiguous to answer in any worthwhile manner. Technically, if you have a Roku channel that's requesting data from a web server, that's a client/server scenario.

"dev42" wrote:
and along the same lines, is TCP programming the same thing as Telnet programming?

Again, a bit ambiguous, but TCP and Telnet are not the same thing. Telnet is a network protocol that uses TCP for communication.

"dev42" wrote:
Also, *not* pointing any fingers, but is it possible that Roku BrightScript's TCP code behaves differently than what PuTTY would do?

Yep, because BrightScript's TCP components are bare bones TCP sockets. You'd have to implement the telnet client protocol yourself to interact with a telnet server connection (or vice versa).

[dev42]

I found this: How does telnet differ from a raw tcp connection?

I also found telnet.exe on another pc that I was able to copy over. Saved a whopping 77KB when I deleted it. ( In truth, I deleted a bunch of things all at once and it was just part of that "extra software I'd never need". DOH! ) Anyway, it behaves differently than PuTTY. Go figure!

So, instead of researching tutorials on TCP programming, I instead searched for "Telnet Protocol" and found this: MS - The TELNET Protocol

Anyway, I believe BrightScript is doing more than just Raw TCP communication, but don't quote me on that.

As for my ambiguous Q's, perhaps another? Any recommendations on any tutorials on asynchronous communication?

peace & 42