Portable Class Libraries / Sockets

Question

Hello together!

I'am developing a Windows Phone 7 networkgame at the moment. I use a Windows Form (Framework 4.0) as a server.
I found http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg597391.aspx the Portable Class Library to make one networkengine for WP7 and Windows.
But this Library doesn't support Sockets. But why? Since Mango have been released on the WP7 Sockets were also supported.

How could i solve this problem?

Best Regards
Thomas

Answer 1

Hi,

I am not 100% sure, if I understood you right:
- Regarding the link you gave, the Network Class Library (NCL) supports all platforms except xbox360. I think sockets are inside there so I would expect that they are available for WP7.
- The Network ClassLibrary also has its own forum at: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ncl/threads - maybe you want to ask the people in there if you have problems with it.

With kind regards,

Konrad

Answer 2

I decompiled the System.Net.dll and that are all Classes
http://ct-projekte.square7.ch/screenshots/Classes.PNG

Answer 3

If you mean Socket Class, I am afraid it is in System.dll. And as far as I know, the core assemblies (mscorlib.dll, System.dll, System.Core.dll, and System.Xml.dll) are supported on all platforms in PCL.

Feature	Assemblies	.NET Framework 4	Silverlight	Windows Phone 7	Xbox 360
Core	mscorlib.dll, System.dll, System.Core.dll, System.Xml.dll	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)	System.ComponentModel.Composition.dll	Yes	Yes	No	No
Network Class Library (NCL)	System.Net.dll	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Serialization	System.Runtime.Serialization.dll	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)	System.ServiceModel.dll	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
XML Serialization	System.Xml.Serialization.dll	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
View Model Support	System.Windows.dll (from Silverlight)	No	Yes	Yes	No

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