AutoDiscovery

From Real Software Documentation

AutoDiscovery uses the EasyUDPSocket class to automatically discover other Real Studio applications on the network.

Events

DataAvailable MemberLeft Error ReceivedMessage Error SendComplete MemberJoined

Methods

Bind Read Close Register Connect SendMessageToGroup GetMemberList SendMessageToIndividual JoinMulticast Group Unregister LeaveMulticastGroup UpdateMemberList Poll Write Purge Write

Notes

The AutoDiscovery class lets you automatically discover other machines on the local network that are communicating using the EasyUDPSocket class. It does so by checking to see which other applications are using the same group name that you pass to the Register function of the EasyUDPSocket class. When a member joins (this includes your application when you first call the Register method), you will get a MemberJoined event with the IP address of the member that joined. When a member leaves, then you get a MemberLeft event with their IP as well. If you would like a list of the currently connected members, you can get an array of their IPs by calling the GetMemberList method. You can refresh the list by calling the UpdateMemberList method. It clears the internal list of connected members and re-queries the network for members.

The AutoDiscovery class is intended to make communication among network users as easy as possible. To do so, it uses of a proprietary protocol. Because of this, it is unable to discover other communications protocols that may also be running on the network, such as iChat. Use the generic classes such as TCPSocket, UDPSocket, HTTPSocket, and so forth.

Examples

Binding to any available port between 8192 and 65535 (Note: the other member of the group must then use the same port, so you need to find a way to communicate this port to the others):

Registering as a group member. Everyone on the network who wants to join the group needs to use the same group name:

Getting the member list and displaying it in a ListBox:

Leaving the group:

Sending a message to the group:

Receiving a message using the ReceivedMessage event:

See Also

EasyUDPSocket, UDPSocket classes.