General Info
Peer to peer connection for transferring files between two users. Handles all file formats regardless of size.
Learning outcomes
- Learning how to use packets headers to determine incoming data and size
- Multithreading to handle user interface interaction, sending file, building file on receiving end
- Dealing with ports to enable a connection
- Qt usage
Components
- Windows Socket Programming
- Qt framework for GUI
- Client
- Thread to receive commands/data
- Thread to build file using received data
- Qt
- Client can browse and select any file (Will be notified of loading)
- Progress bars available on both clients to indicate load, send and receive status
- Client