Instant Messanger - C# with MS Access

I've always wanted to create a chat client since I could remember. Where I work i thought I would be a good idea to roll something like this out, but i had challenges. I tried looking for solutions around the net and all I could find was solutions that made use of sockets. In many circumstances this would be perfect. However where I work all of our computers are blocked from seeing each other and the network is pretty secure. The only way we can share information is through a file cluster/server. The only way I was able to do this was using MS Access as the communication tool between computers and so far it has worked well. User interface is done with C# and MS Access handles the transactions.  It's a really simple database. I will pass more informaiton on later posts as how i got this done. Very minimal maintenance is required. If anyone is interested let  me know 

Introduction

Hello everyone out there, I am currently a Data Processing Mgr at my company. On the side I like to program. I have learned everything I know by myself. It has been hard but perhaps it's worth it. I currently use the following programming languages at my work place. 

• Visual Basic.Net
• C#
• Ruby

I have also used some databases here are a few I have used

• MySql - I used this for a few months but due to some problems in my work I had to stop using it
• PostgreSql  - I used this one as well but again due to some problems in my work I had to stop using it.
• Filemake Pro 5, 6, 8 - I've used all of these 
• MS Access - This one is actually the one that got me interested in using MySql and Postgre SQL you could say this one was my gateway
• SQLite - This is the one I am currently using for all my apps after trying to use PostgreSql and MySql in my work environment I felt this one was the one that worked best for me.

Welcome to my new blog

Hello everyone please feel free to post anything you want on this blog