I was curious if anyone could give me their opinion what would be the most stable way to transfer information from Server to client... here are my examples of what I would like to do...
Currently I have a MultiClient TCPServer/Client I use for chat in my main Application, this is handled with simple text transfer, this opens one socket per connection.
Now I would like to send other Application information along these same lines, and I was wondering if I should modify the current connection to handle, for example, an XML file, that would be parsed and executed by Client using the same Writeln/Readln operations, or if I should open another socket using a different type of Protocol to send the "file" or "object" with the new information.
I eventually will be sending such files as images and zip and data files too.
I know it can be done both ways, but before I commit to either option I was hoping for some input. I am learning mostly as I go, and I am fairly new to VB.NET using 2005.
Currently I have a MultiClient TCPServer/Client I use for chat in my main Application, this is handled with simple text transfer, this opens one socket per connection.
Now I would like to send other Application information along these same lines, and I was wondering if I should modify the current connection to handle, for example, an XML file, that would be parsed and executed by Client using the same Writeln/Readln operations, or if I should open another socket using a different type of Protocol to send the "file" or "object" with the new information.
I eventually will be sending such files as images and zip and data files too.
I know it can be done both ways, but before I commit to either option I was hoping for some input. I am learning mostly as I go, and I am fairly new to VB.NET using 2005.