Hello there, i need to write a script that can transfer info back and forth with a data server at so-and-so ip.
i have Programming Python, which covers socket programming. So thats cool. But what i need to know how to do is make a message in ascii that is what the server is looking for. for example , to send a request, the first three bytes have to be ascii "STX" then there has to be 4 bytes that show the length of the message then the actual message then the last three bytes have to be "ENX" also all int variables must me unsigned long-int (32 bit). so here is what i need to know, 1 how do i make something in ascii bytes to send off to this server ? 2 how can i make sure something is a 32bit unsigned long int. ? If the answers i am looking for are pretty straightforward, please let me know., If they are long and complicated, please point me to some good documentation . thanks for all, sk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
