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 \(MVP\)]

Re: Listen to Port

read up on creating a socket listener

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sharp/Socket-Programming-in-C-Part-I/

Regards

John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

"markgoldin " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comwrot e 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]

Re: Listen to Port

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(IPAd dress.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.AcceptTcpC lient(); //accept connection

byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate space
for data
tcpc.GetStream( ).Read(byteRead Stream, 0, tcpc.Available) ;
//read data into byte array
Console.WriteLi ne(Encoding.Def ault.GetString( byteReadStream)
+ "\n"); Write data to console buffer



}


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


Regards

Kerem


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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]

Re: Listen to Port

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

Thanks
"John Timney (MVP)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
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read up on creating a socket listener

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sharp/Socket-Programming-in-C-Part-I/

>
Regards
>
John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

>
>
"markgoldin " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comwrot e 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]

Re: Listen to Port



"markgoldin " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comwrot e 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)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
news:QdydnRJya9 YL6NzVnZ2dnUVZ8 s3inZ2d@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 " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comwrot e in message
>news:03D6DDD 8-FFD4-4974-AA54-3229ABE710A0@mi crosoft.com...

>>>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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[Kerem Gümrükcü]

Re: Listen to Port

>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 " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comwrot e 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)" <xyz_john@timne y.eclipse.co.uk wrote in message
news:QdydnRJya9 YL6NzVnZ2dnUVZ8 s3inZ2d@eclipse .net.uk...

read up on creating a socket listener

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/C-Sharp/Socket-Programming-in-C-Part-I/

>
Regards
>
John Timney (MVP)

http://www.johntimney.com

http://www.johntimney.com/blog

>
>
"markgoldin " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comwrot e in message
news:03D6DDD8-FFD4-4974-AA54-3229ABE710A0@mi crosoft.com...
>>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]

Re: Listen to Port

On Sat, 31 May 2008 09:27:39 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <kareem114@hotm ail.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]

Re: Listen to Port

On Sat, 31 May 2008 08:50:24 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <kareem114@hotm ail.com>
wrote:

[...]
byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate
space
for data
tcpc.GetStream( ).Read(byteRead Stream, 0, tcpc.Available) ;
//read data into byte array
Console.WriteLi ne(Encoding.Def ault.GetString( byteReadStream)
+ "\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]

Re: Listen to Port

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 <kareem114@hotm ail.com>
wrote:
>

>[...]
> byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate
>space
>for data
> tcpc.GetStream( ).Read(byteRead Stream, 0, tcpc.Available) ;
>//read data into byte array
>>
>Console.WriteL ine(Encoding.De fault.GetString (byteReadStream )
>+ "\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]

Re: Listen to Port

ACK.


Cheers

K.

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On Sat, 31 May 2008 09:27:39 -0700, Kerem Gümrükcü <kareem114@hotm ail.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]

Re: Listen to Port

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" <kareem114@hotm ail.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(IPAd dress.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.AcceptTcpC lient(); //accept
connection
>
byteReadStream = new byte[tcpc.Available]; //allocate space
for data
tcpc.GetStream( ).Read(byteRead Stream, 0, tcpc.Available) ;
//read data into byte array
>
Console.WriteLi ne(Encoding.Def ault.GetString( byteReadStream)
+ "\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 " <markgoldin_200 0@yahoo.comschr ieb 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.
>>

>
>