String to byte array

[overfreeze]

I'm working on a simple TCP chat program. The user should be able to send messages through a LAN. However, I can't find a way to convert the string to a byte array so I can send it with the NetworkStream.Write() method. Can anyone explain me how to do it and how to do the reverse process? Thanks in advance. overfreeze

[Judah Gabriel Himango]

Look at the System.Text.UnicodeEncoding.Unicode.GetBytes() method. There are ASCII encodings in the System.Text namespace as well if you're using ASCII only text.

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[Mystic_]

similarly u can find the encoding of the string u recieve by System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.GetEncoding(recievedstring); and then pay back the sender in his coins :)

[Jun Du]

Here is some C++ code I have used for this purpose before. It should be easy to convert it to C#.

private: void Send(String \*msg)
		{
			try 
			{
				// Create a client
				Int32 port = 30000;
				String \* server = S"127.0.0.1";
				TcpClient \* client = new TcpClient(server, port);

				// Translate message into ASCII
				Byte data\[\] = System::Text::Encoding::ASCII->GetBytes(msg->ToString());         

				// Get a client stream for reading and writing
				NetworkStream\* stream = client->GetStream();

				// Send the message to the connected client 
				stream->Write(data, 0, data->Length);

				// Close the client
				client->Close();    

			} 
			catch (Exception\* e) 
			{
				MessageBox::Show(e->get\_Message(), "XLogoff Send Message Error");
			}
		}

Best, Jun