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Sending formatted text over a socket connection

I am developing a Chat application using the delphi socket components. What should be the type of sockets in both the Client and socket components?.

How will I send the contents of a Rich Edit control having formatted text over the Socket connection so that it can be accessed at the other end of the connection in the same format?.

How will I place the Chat form(each user will have a separate form)Icon in the Task Bar or in the system tray?.

Please help me?...

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Hir mrk_raj,

to send the contents of a richt edit Control:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
MemoryStream:TMemoryStream;
begin
MemoryStream:=TMemoryStream.Create;
RichEdit1.Lines.SaveToStream(MemoryStream);
MemoryStream.Seek(0,soFromBeginning);
ClientSocket.Socket.SendStream ( MemoryStream);
end;

To read the contents form a Stream:
RichEdit2.Lines.LoadFromStream(MemoryStream);

Best Regards

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mrk_raj

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hai Cesario,

For sending the contents of a richedit control through
socket connection we can use the method sendstream.But
I couldn't find any method for receiving the stream sent
by the client socket.

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