Passing String to Method

Why am I getting a 'Overriding method differs by type' error when I compile. It seems to have a problem with me using message as a string, but I'm not sure why...

Thanks!
foosh

main.bmx

Local message:String
Network.serverConnect(127,5000)
Print Network.updateChat()
message=Input("> ")
Network.sendMessage(message)

network.bmx

'USAGE: sendMessage(message)
Method sendMessage(message:String)
	WriteLine(stream,message)
	If message = "bye" Then
		Return ReadLine(stream)
		End
	End If
End Method

SendMessage() is a built-in Object method, with different parameters.

Thanks a lot for your help. I now hit another wall, maybe you could help!

main.bmx

'-------------------------------------------------------------------GAME SETUP
Import "network.bmx"

'---------------------------------------------------------------LOOP VARIABLES
Global o:GameNetwork

'--------------------------------------------------------------------GAME LOOP

While Not KeyDown(Key_ESCAPE)
	If Not o.serverConnect() Then
		Print "Error conencting to server..."
	End If
Wend

client.bmx

Type GameNetwork

'USAGE: serverConnect()
Method serverConnect()
	Global socket = CreateTCPSocket()
	If Not ConnectSocket(socket,HostIp(localhost),5000) Then Return False

	Global stream:TStream = CreateSocketStream(socket)
	If Not SocketConnected(socket) Then Return False

	Return True
End Method
End Type

This just doesn't seem to start the connection with the server. It doesn't seem to do anything. I'm trying to structure my game properly, and so doing it correctly now will make all the difference for me later. Any help? Perhaps I'm not understanding how Types & Methods work fully?

Thanks!
foosh

well, do you have a server that is running and awaits connection and binds socket etc?

Yeah, the server is written in Python. It was working before I modified the structure of the game, so I'm very certain it has to do with the restructuring.

foosh

EDIT: I should point out that the server doesn't register that the client has connected either.

Then I would guess it does never attempt to connect.

In above code for example, I never see o = new GameNetwork and without it will never exist and run into a null error.

Thank you, I was just syntactically wrong in initializing the GameNetwork.

I changed

Local o:GameNetwork

to

Local o:GameNetwork = New GameNetwork

And now it works. Thanks for all your help!

foosh

Syntactically wrong? for later reference, you weren't initializing it at all.

I'm an experienced programmer-- I know how to use methods. BlitzMax has a different way of doing it from other languages. This is called not being familiar with the syntax, and therefore is a syntactical error.

Thank you very much Brucey and dreamora for being patient and helpful!

foosh

Sorry, it was the way you said it. confused me.

It always takes time to get used to a new language, that holds for all of us, so no problem :)
happy it works now.