Listen to Port

[markgoldin]

I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net) process
will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code to be
able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not a c#
coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

read up on creating a socket listener
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sha...g-in-C-Part-I/

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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>I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net) process
will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code to be
able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not a c#
coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

Hi,

thats really easy to do in .NET. Thats all you need:

//inside a console Main

byte[] byteReadStream = null; // holds the data in byte buffer
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("0.0.0.0"),
8888);//listen on all local addresses and 8888 port
TcpListener tcpl = new TcpListener(ipe);

while(true){ //infinite loop
tcpl.Start(); // block application until data and connection
is requested
TcpClient tcpc = tcpl.AcceptTcpClient(); //accept connection

byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate space
for data
tcpc.GetStream().Read(byteReadStream, 0, tcpc.Available);
//read data into byte array
Console.WriteLine(Encoding.Default.GetString(byteR eadStream)
+ "\n"); Write data to console buffer

}
But see the MSDN Library for more information
about the used Classes.
Regards

Kerem
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"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net) process
will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code to

be

able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not a c#
coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.

[markgoldin]

What is a difference between listening to a socket or to a TCP port? Or it's
the same?

Thanks
"John Timney (MVP)" <xy******@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
news:Qd******************************@eclipse.net. uk...

read up on creating a socket listener
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sha...g-in-C-Part-I/

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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>>I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net) process
will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code to
be able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not a
c# coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.

[Joe Fawcett]

"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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What is a difference between listening to a socket or to a TCP port? Or
it's the same?

Thanks
"John Timney (MVP)" <xy******@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
news:Qd******************************@eclipse.net. uk...

>read up on creating a socket listener
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sha...g-in-C-Part-I/

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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>>>I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net) process
will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code to
be able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not a
c# coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.

A socket is basically a combination of an IP address and a port.

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http://joe.fawcett.name

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

>A socket is basically a combination of an IP address and a port.

ACK.

But i would describe a Socket more an connection endpoint
that is bound to an ip address and a corresponding port.

Regards

K.

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>

"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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What is a difference between listening to a socket or to a TCP port? Or
it's the same?

Thanks
"John Timney (MVP)" <xy******@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
news:Qd******************************@eclipse.net. uk...

read up on creating a socket listener
http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sha...g-in-C-Part-I/

Regards

John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comwrote in message
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I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net)

process

>>will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code

to

>>be able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not

a

>>c# coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.

A socket is basically a combination of an IP address and a port.

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Joe Fawcett (MVP - XML)
http://joe.fawcett.name

[Peter Duniho]

On Sat, 31 May 2008 09:27:39 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <ka*******@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>A socket is basically a combination of an IP address and a port.

ACK.

But i would describe a Socket more an connection endpoint
that is bound to an ip address and a corresponding port.

Well, as long as we're nitpicking... :)

For TCP over TCP/IP, a connected socket represents _two_ endpoints -- the
local endpoint and the remote endpoint -- each of which is defined by an
IP address and a port, and of course the fact that the connection is the
TCP protocol is represented as well. In other words, the connected socket
encapsulates five different pieces of information, and is uniquely
identified by those pieces of information.

Different sockets vary. A listening socket of course has only the
protocol (TCP), local IP and port, and the fact that it's listening. Just
local IP and port wouldn't be sufficient to distinguish it from connected
sockets on the same port. And of course UDP sockets are connectionless,
so the remote endpoint only affects individual datagrams, not the socket
itself.

And then, of course, the Socket class in .NET is a managed object that
provides a managed interface to all of the above. :)

Pete

[Peter Duniho]

On Sat, 31 May 2008 08:50:24 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <ka*******@hotmail.com>
wrote:

[...]
byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate
space
for data
tcpc.GetStream().Read(byteReadStream, 0, tcpc.Available);
//read data into byte array
Console.WriteLine(Encoding.Default.GetString(byteR eadStream)
+ "\n"); Write data to console buffer

This is wrong, for at least a couple of reasons.

The most significant one is that TCP does not guarantee that all of the
data sent will be read in a single call to Read(). You _must_ iterate the
read in some way (loop, async i/o, whatever) until you know for sure that
you've read all of the data. This could be as simple as reading
everything until the end of the stream (connection is closed), or more
complicated as in defining a fixed-length for the data, sending a length
before the string, or using some sort of delimiter/terminator (e.g. null
character).

The other issue is that the Available property may change between the time
one allocates the buffer and the time one calls Read(). If it increases,
then the buffer length passed to Read() is larger than the buffer itself
actually is, which will produce an error. At the very least, one should
be passing "byteReadStream.Length" as the buffer length, not some other
value. Preferable would be to allocate the buffer as some fixed size,
rather than anticipating the size of the read. What size is appropriate
depends on your application protocol, but for larger transfers, a 4K or 8K
buffer would be appropriate.

IMHO it would be better for the OP to simply read the docs for
TcpListener, etc. and take advantage of the code samples there. If he
still has questions after looking at the documentation, then we can answer
those in a more specific, directed way.

Pete

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

Hi Pete,

i even didnt compile the code. I wrote it on the
fly inside #develop. It was just a first hint for the OP.
As statet he should read the docs in my reply,...
Regards

Kerem

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On Sat, 31 May 2008 08:50:24 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <ka*******@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>[...]
byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate
space
for data
tcpc.GetStream().Read(byteReadStream, 0, tcpc.Available);
//read data into byte array

Console.WriteLine(Encoding.Default.GetString(byte ReadStream)
+ "\n"); Write data to console buffer

This is wrong, for at least a couple of reasons.

The most significant one is that TCP does not guarantee that all of the
data sent will be read in a single call to Read(). You _must_ iterate the
read in some way (loop, async i/o, whatever) until you know for sure that
you've read all of the data. This could be as simple as reading
everything until the end of the stream (connection is closed), or more
complicated as in defining a fixed-length for the data, sending a length
before the string, or using some sort of delimiter/terminator (e.g. null
character).

The other issue is that the Available property may change between the time
one allocates the buffer and the time one calls Read(). If it increases,
then the buffer length passed to Read() is larger than the buffer itself
actually is, which will produce an error. At the very least, one should
be passing "byteReadStream.Length" as the buffer length, not some other
value. Preferable would be to allocate the buffer as some fixed size,
rather than anticipating the size of the read. What size is appropriate
depends on your application protocol, but for larger transfers, a 4K or 8K
buffer would be appropriate.

IMHO it would be better for the OP to simply read the docs for
TcpListener, etc. and take advantage of the code samples there. If he
still has questions after looking at the documentation, then we can answer
those in a more specific, directed way.

Pete

[Kerem Gümrükcü]

ACK.
Cheers

K.

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"Peter Duniho" <Np*********@nnowslpianmk.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 09:27:39 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <ka*******@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>>A socket is basically a combination of an IP address and a port.

ACK.

But i would describe a Socket more an connection endpoint
that is bound to an ip address and a corresponding port.

Well, as long as we're nitpicking... :)

For TCP over TCP/IP, a connected socket represents _two_ endpoints -- the
local endpoint and the remote endpoint -- each of which is defined by an
IP address and a port, and of course the fact that the connection is the
TCP protocol is represented as well. In other words, the connected socket
encapsulates five different pieces of information, and is uniquely
identified by those pieces of information.

Different sockets vary. A listening socket of course has only the
protocol (TCP), local IP and port, and the fact that it's listening. Just
local IP and port wouldn't be sufficient to distinguish it from connected
sockets on the same port. And of course UDP sockets are connectionless,
so the remote endpoint only affects individual datagrams, not the socket
itself.

And then, of course, the Socket class in .NET is a managed object that
provides a managed interface to all of the above. :)

Pete

[Markgoldin]

Thanks for your code.
I am running the code, but it only shows data being sent to TCP port if I
debug program firstly stopping it at the line:
byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available];

otherwise, if I just run it I dont see data shown in the Console.

"Kerem Gümrükcü" <ka*******@hotmail.comwrote in message
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Hi,

thats really easy to do in .NET. Thats all you need:

//inside a console Main

byte[] byteReadStream = null; // holds the data in byte buffer
IPEndPoint ipe = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Parse("0.0.0.0"),
8888);//listen on all local addresses and 8888 port
TcpListener tcpl = new TcpListener(ipe);

while(true){ //infinite loop
tcpl.Start(); // block application until data and
connection
is requested
TcpClient tcpc = tcpl.AcceptTcpClient(); //accept
connection

byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate space
for data
tcpc.GetStream().Read(byteReadStream, 0, tcpc.Available);
//read data into byte array

Console.WriteLine(Encoding.Default.GetString(byteR eadStream)
+ "\n"); Write data to console buffer

}
But see the MSDN Library for more information
about the used Classes.
Regards

Kerem
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"markgoldin" <ma*************@yahoo.comschrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>I am looking for code to listen to a tcp port. Another (not .net) process
will be writing to that port on the same computer and I need c# code to

be

>able to get data, which is a simple string, from that port. I am not a c#
coder but can easy adapt working sample.
Thanks alot for help.