The first ICQ client made in VB, at the moment, it can send receive message/url. Check user's online/offline status, change status to Invisible, Away, N/A, etc.
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first time round it crashed second time round it loaded connected and *seemed* to work, but what good are a bunch of numbers as icq contacts ? how and who can tell who you are talking two via numbers ? I sure as hell can't ! otherwise - A Job well done :) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
As the title might suggest, "Simple ICQ Client". It is still very simple, I just decided to publish this code, because I believe that some people is interested. At the moment, I can only say that this is only 10% of the final product, so hopefully you can understand that fact. Thank you. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
this is great. I prefer as you say 'simple' code so that way I dont have to go thru that much code to find the 'good stuff' which is the TCP/IP code. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Kickass is there a txt file or something where the protocols are listed for further development? (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
For all the people who wanted to know, where I get the ICQ protocol, below is a very good site on the topic. http://www.student.nada.kth.se/~d95-mih/icq/
I then followed most of the link from there on, to build this client. Some information, sometimes, however does not match each other or does not work, so sometimes I still need to check and test the packet my self. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
That excellent, I been looking for this for a very very long time. Can u tell me where do u found the ICQ protocal. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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beware of icq.. it leaves your port 80 open to an intrusion.. i learned this the hard way man.. easiest thing in the world is to pull the ping of death on an icq app... (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
first off this is not the first vb icq client (maybe the first on psc tho) and what fun is it to make one from a text file? i make all of my clients (i've made alot of them too) using a 'packet sniffer' called socspy u can find it at http://www.win-tech.com (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Chris -> No, port 80 on your machine will not be open for connections just by browsing. I believe ICQ opens it up for the ICQ homepage. I don't know how to shut it off, though. I use an ancient version, but perhaps I'll use this one and develop it a bit on my own to make it more usable. For a base, this looks great.
wizdum -> Why reinvent the wheel? If the protocol is documented, I would much rather use the documentation than trying to figure the protocol out (not that I haven't done the latter.) (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
Im not able to test this code nor your other icq client, this one because i get an error while conecting and the other i get an error in the popup ocx do you have one that really work (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
hi i've been looking for information about the icq protocol for a while bacause i'm making a program that sends sms with icq. that works fine (without the protocol) but now i want to make a form in my vb app that makes it possible to register a new icq account. do you think it is possible? and maybe it would be a nice feature to add to your app to... :)
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9/18/2002 6:04:52 PM:
awesome! no useless controls, no tons of classes.. very clean & effective code. 5 globes!
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8/11/2004 7:27:48 PM:
Yes, this is exactly what I want thank you. The more simple the better not only so you can see how to use the protocol but so it won't have loading and that (rap. (If this comment was disrespectful, please report it.)
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