How do make my dream come true? (laughs)

[Saser]

My English isn't perfect, but please, bear with me :)

I thought of a program which will do the following:

1. Connects to a server which contain a list that is updated everytime a entry gets added or removed from the list.
2. Downloads the list, and then downloads it again every tenth second or when the user him-/herself choose to do so.
3. Lets the user specify which entrys he/she want to see.
4. Chooses an entry, doubleclicks it which opens a simple chat window with the person who made the entry to the list.

Now this is my problem:
I have no *BEEP* clue on how to do this, as I don't know ANYTHING about programs communicating with servers. Can you experts here at Bytes give me some hints on how I should do, maybe with a small code example?
Thanks :)

PS. I won't write every detail on how exactly I want to do in this post, you have to ask for those details you want to know, I think it'll save me much time. DS.

[GaryTexmo]

Don't take this the wrong way or anything, I mean it as honest advice :)

Google is going to be your friend here... I'm willing to bet that there's more than a few how-to guides on exactly what you want to do, especially the client-server communication part.

Try googling things like, "C# download file from a server" or some such thing, or even "C# communication tutorial".

Other than that, the great thing about C# is that it's so friendly! I like to say it's like programming with Lego... honestly, just dive right in and try and do something. If you have any programming experience at all, between that and tutorials you should be able to make a good amount of headway.

If you get stuck on any particular thing, come back here and hopefully someone can help you sort out any specifics.

Good luck!!