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Server Client Reply

Posted by Rajeev on April 20, 2001 at 4:42 PM

Hello,
Open a new dos prompt and go to the same directory. Run the client program now. Now u can see the interaction between the client and the server
> Hi,
> I wanted to know how to run a server program and a client program
> written in java on the same machine at the same time.I have written both the programs and
> used localhost to get the IP of the machine.The server programm runs
> from the DOS prompt and it waits for a incoming connection from the client.Now i have to
> run the client program but the problem is since the earlier server program is already
> running the prompt is not displayed so i could not run the client program.
> I opened another DOS window and executed the client program but the computer got struck .
> Kindly tell me way on how to run these programs simuntaneously on the same machine.
> Thanks.