How to Connect to TCP Server in AIR?

Question

I have a TCP server that apparently is working and is listening for incoming connections:
package
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
    import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
    import flash.events.ServerSocketConnectEvent;
    import flash.net.ServerSocket;
    import flash.net.Socket;
    public class TCP extends Sprite
        private var serverSocket:ServerSocket;
        private var clientSockets:Array = new Array();
        public function TCP()
            try
                // Create the server socket
                serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
                // Add the event listener
                serverSocket.addEventListener( Event.CONNECT, connectHandler );
                serverSocket.addEventListener( Event.CLOSE, onClose );
                // Bind to local port 8087
                serverSocket.bind( 8087, "127.0.0.1" );
                // Listen for connections
                serverSocket.listen();
                trace( "Listening on " + serverSocket.localPort );
            catch(e:SecurityError)
                trace(e);
        public function connectHandler(event:ServerSocketConnectEvent):void
            //Thesocket is provided by the event object
            var socket:Socket = event.socket as Socket;
            clientSockets.push( socket );
            socket.addEventListener( ProgressEvent.SOCKET_DATA, socketDataHandler);
            socket.addEventListener( Event.CLOSE, onClientClose );
            socket.addEventListener( IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onIOError );
            //Send a connect message
            socket.writeUTFBytes("Connected");
            socket.flush();
            trace( "Sending connect message" );
        public function socketDataHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void
            var socket:Socket = event.target as Socket
            //Read the message from the socket
            var message:String = socket.readUTFBytes( socket.bytesAvailable );
            trace( "Received: " + message);
            // Echo the received message back to the sender
            message = "Echo -- " + message;
            socket.writeUTFBytes( message );
            socket.flush();
            trace( "Sending: " + message );
        private function onClientClose( event:Event ):void
            trace( "Connection to client closed." );
            //Should also remove from clientSockets array...
        private function onIOError( errorEvent:IOErrorEvent ):void
            trace( "IOError: " + errorEvent.text );
        private function onClose( event:Event ):void
            trace( "Server socket closed by OS." );
But how do I connect to it? I'm trying to make a multiplayer game, and I want variables and strings to be communicated to each client, but what code do I have to put in to get one of the  clients to connect to the other? Again, it successfully LISTENS for a connection, but I don't know how to get anything to connect to it. Another thing is that I get an error thrown at me when I try to test the standalone SWF file, it only listens for connections when I hit "test movie" in the FLA... Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

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