I am developing an application in asp.net mvc where i need to have Chat application intergrated in the web page. The chat application should be able to support group chat, private chat, simple file transfer and user should be able to create their own rooms.
Can u people tell me where i can buy a simple chat application with above functionalities. I need it immediately.
or
you could just suggest how to create my own application. The technology to use or just any idea to start.
As i said, i need this immediately, buying asp.net chat application with above functionalities is the best option.
and most important i should be able to integrate chat application in my existing MVC project. We are using ASP.NET MVC, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Linq To Sql as database interaction tech and C#.
I wouldn’t expect to find many commercial options for ASP.NET MVC based chat rooms, since platform is still quite young, plus most buyers would be able to use an “old fashioned” ASP.NET chat application (which is already widely available).
If you need something now, and you are willing to pay, I would say: buy an ASP.NET Forms chat and do a bit of plumbing to make it work against your user repository etc. I know of CuteChat, which is capable of doing this kind of integrating, but many components are likely to provide this feature.
Should you decide to build a chat application yourself – something that does not sound like a viable solution for something you need immediately – you might want to have a look at the AspComet library, which provides a service layer on top of ASP.NET to help you use COMET techniques (long polling etc).