how do i use WCF service instead of socket client-server application?

Question

im wondering about how to use WCF service instead of sockets .. to send commands .. someone told me its more powerful than creating a client-server application my application about

send/receive Commands

chat

file transfer in my application i have to create at least two sockets on two ports .. one for (chat/commands) and one for fileTransfer ..

//this function runs in its own thread
private void Job(object o)
    {
        Socket client = (Socket)o;
        NetworkStream stream = new NetworkStream(client);
        StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(stream);
        try
        {
            string cmd = null;

            while ((cmd = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(cmd);
                string[] command = cmd.Split('<');
                switch (command[0])
                {
                    case "root":
                        fmc.root();
                        break;
                    case "explore":
                        fmc.Explore(command[1]);
                        break;
                    case "new_folder":
                        fmc.NewFolder(command[1]);
                        break;
                    case "hidden":
                        fmc.HiddenChecked(command[1]);
                        break;
                    case "delete":
                        fmc.Delete(command[1]);
                        break;
                    case "properties":
                        if (command[1] == "single")
                        {
                            fmc.SingleProperties(command[2]);
                        }
                        else if (command[1] == "multi")
                        {
                            fmc.MultiProperties(command[2]);
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            fmc.DriveProperties(command[2]);
                        }
                        break;
                    case "pastefromcopy":
                        fmc.PasteFromCopy(command[1], command[2]);
                        break;
                    //case "confirm":
                     //   break;
                    default:
                        Console.WriteLine(cmd);
                        break;
                }
            }
        }
        catch { client.Close(); stream.Dispose(); sr.Dispose(); }
    }

so do you have any tutorial that would be close to my application.. to execute commands .. or if you can write me a simple client-server WCF .. that solve it the same way . thanks in advance :)

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Answer 1

there are really so many articles out on the web for making a chat service using wcf. It really depends on the level of what you want to make and how much you would like to learn. I recommend you to go through a few of these videos here first to get the feel for wcf.

Then look through these to find an example of what you would like to create.

• ASP-Net-chatting-using-WCF-Services-and-JSon
• Chat-Application-in-ASP-NET-Using-AJAX-Pop-up-Wind
• WCF-WPF-Chat-Application
• A-WCF-WPF-Chat-Application
• WCF-Chat-Application.htm
• Microsoft's WCF Chat Sample

Have fun creating your service.

Answer 2

The following link would be a good starting point. It details how to write a client server chat application in WCF.