OSCAR/TOC protocols and FLAP subprotocol

[hdc C10wn]

I am looking to start a new project. Basically this program will get the usernames of people that signon on my username. I have read a bit on the OSCAR/TOC protocols and have come across the fact that with every command sent to the AIM server the is a FLAP infront of it. I would like to know how to implement this FLAP i.e. would you issuse the command through send() or by other means?

[mlampkin]

I am not familiar with the protocols used by those systems but... the ICQ docs and links to the open source packages for it can be found at:

http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uck4/ICQ/

I can state that its not a full transport protocol... and is carried by UDP etc. so you would write the headers to a buffer and then use normal send etc. ops...

Michael