| Microsoft DirectX 8.1 (Visual Basic) |
Much of the lobbied application's interaction with an associated lobby client is indirect. The application does something that affects the lobby client, Microsoft® DirectPlay® sends an appropriate message, and vice versa. For instance, if the application changes the connection settings, DirectPlay notifies the lobby client, and provides the new settings. However, there are two methods that provide information directly to the lobby client: DirectPlay8LobbiedApplication.UpdateStatus and DirectPlay8LobbiedApplication.Send.
You must notify the lobby client when any of the following changes in the game status take place.
To notify the lobby client of one of these status changes, call DirectPlay8LobbiedApplication.UpdateStatus, and set the lStatus parameter to the appropriate value. DirectPlay will call the lobby client message handler's DirectPlay8LobbyEvent.SessionStatus method to notify it of the status change.
The DirectPlay8LobbiedApplication.Send method enables the application to send a message directly to the lobby client. DirectPlay passes the data to the lobby client without modification. It is the responsibility of the lobby client to process that data.
The lobby client can also send data directly to the application. DirectPlay passes the data to the lobby client's message handler by calling its DirectPlay8LobbyEvent.Receive method. DirectPlay passes the data to the application without modification. The lobby client must process the data.