RadChat real-time live crossbrowser chat via SignalR

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    Requirements

    Telerik Product and Version

    UI for ASP.NET AJAX 2018 R2

    Supported Browsers and Platforms

    all browsers supported by Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX suite

    Components/Widgets used (JS frameworks, etc.)

    RadChat, SignalR, .NET 4.5 C#

    PROJECT DESCRIPTION

    This example demonstrates how to configure the RadChat component for a real-time chat by using the SignalR technology. 

    Default.aspx

    <script src="Scripts/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
    <script src="Scripts/jquery.signalR-2.2.3.js"></script>
    <telerik:RadChat runat="server" ID="RadChat1" Height="400px">
        <MessagesSettings Placeholder="Enter message here" />
        <ClientEvents OnLoad="OnLoad" OnTypingStart="OnTypingStart" OnPost="OnPost" />
    </telerik:RadChat>
    function OnPost(sender, args) {
        chatHub.invoke("send", sender.get_user(), args.get_text());
    }
     
    function OnTypingStart(sender, args) {
        chatHub.invoke("sendTyping", sender.get_user());
    }
    function createUser() {
        var username, usericonUrl;
        if (Telerik.Web.Browser.chrome) {
            username = "Chrome browser user";
            usericonUrl = "/avatars/chrome.png";
        } else if (Telerik.Web.Browser.ie) {
            username = "Internet Explorer browser user";
            usericonUrl = "/avatars/ie.png";
        } else if (Telerik.Web.Browser.ff) {
            username = "FireFox browser user";
            usericonUrl = "/avatars/firefox.gif";
        } else {
            username = "Default user";
        }
     
        var user = {
            name: username,
            iconUrl: usericonUrl
        }
     
        return user;
    }
     
    function OnLoad(sender, args) {
        createUser()
        sender.set_user(createUser());
     
        initializeChatHub(sender);
    }
     
    function initializeChatHub(chat) {
        window.chatHub = startHub(function (hub) {
        });
     
        chatHub.on("broadcastMessage", function (sender, message) {
            var message = {
                type: "text",
                text: message
            };
     
            chat.renderMessage(message, sender);
        });
     
        chatHub.on("typing", function (sender) {
            chat.renderMessage({ type: "typing" }, sender);
        });
     
        $.support.cors = true;
    }
     
    function startHub(startCallback) {
        var con = $.hubConnection('http://localhost:49573/');
        var hub = con.createHubProxy("dataHub");
     
        con.start({ jsonp: true, transport: ['webSockets', 'longPolling'] }).done(function () {
            startCallback(hub)
        });
     
        return hub;
    }

     

    DataHub.cs

    using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR;
    using Microsoft.CSharp;
     
    namespace RadChatSignalR
    {
        public class DataHub : Hub
        {
            public void Send(object sender, string message)
            {
                Clients.Others.broadcastMessage(sender, message);
            }
     
            public void SendTyping(object sender)
            {
                Clients.Others.typing(sender);
            }
        }
    }

    Startup.cs

    using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR;
    using Microsoft.Owin;
    using Owin;
     
    [assembly: OwinStartup(typeof(RadChatSignalR.Startup))]
    namespace RadChatSignalR
    {
        public class Startup
        {
            public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
            {
                var config = new HubConfiguration();
                config.EnableJSONP = true;
     
                app.MapSignalR(config);
            }
        }
    }

    packages.config

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <packages>
      <package id="jQuery" version="1.12.4" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR" version="2.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Core" version="2.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.JS" version="2.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.SystemWeb" version="2.2.3" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.CSharp" version="4.5.0" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Host.SystemWeb" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.4" targetFramework="net45" />
      <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
    </packages>

     


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