ChatApp

Simple desktop chat application with the following features.

Server

• Can display the registered users in database.
• Can show some statistics about users(online/offline and male/female).
• Can send advertisement to all users.
• Notifications for users in case of, friend request, ads, friends become online.

Client

• Can send friend requests to other users.
• Can send files to friends.
• Can create group chat for many friends.
• Can save chat history is an external file.
• Change his status(online, away, busy).

Getting Started

Before start using ChatApp you should install Oracle database on your server using the included database schema.

1) Run the executable server.jar file and press start.

2) Run the executable client.jar file and press start server.

3) Enter the IP of the server that connects to the database.

4) Create an account to be able to use ChatApp.

5) Then login using the created account.

6) After login you can add other users to your friend list and they should Accept your request to be able to chat with them.

7) After accepting your request, your friend will be displayed on your friend list.

8) Click on friend in list to start new chat window.

9) If you have more than one friend you can create group that.

Developing Team

• Ahmed Abdelfattah Maroof.
• Ahmed Mohamed Mokhtar.
• Ghada Mohamed.
• Hanna Mahmoud Eldaly.