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I've often used methods exposed by software purchased for other uses to
automate tasks. For instance back in the late 90's I found the terminal
emulation package the company exposed methods that allowed me to write a
VB program that could use that terminal emulation package to connect to,
read, and enter data on the company's mainframes. I think this was
called OLE?
Well now I'm on the other end of the picture and I need to write into a
..net program the ability to allow Microsot MOM or System Center Manager
(whatever it's called now) to check the value of a few variables.
Ideally this would be done in such a way that any other software could
call a method of my app and get the value of a variable. I'm not sure
OLE will work because unlike the terminal emulation software which was
started up by the VB program, in this case my .net program is constantly
running and working independently it just needs to be probed for status
info.
Can someone tell me the buzz word for what I need to do so I can find
some info on how do do it? BTW my application is a Windows App, NOT
ASPX so a web service is NOT what I'm looking for.
If all else fails I'll just keep some environment variables set and
updated that MOM can look at.
Thanks!
automate tasks. For instance back in the late 90's I found the terminal
emulation package the company exposed methods that allowed me to write a
VB program that could use that terminal emulation package to connect to,
read, and enter data on the company's mainframes. I think this was
called OLE?
Well now I'm on the other end of the picture and I need to write into a
..net program the ability to allow Microsot MOM or System Center Manager
(whatever it's called now) to check the value of a few variables.
Ideally this would be done in such a way that any other software could
call a method of my app and get the value of a variable. I'm not sure
OLE will work because unlike the terminal emulation software which was
started up by the VB program, in this case my .net program is constantly
running and working independently it just needs to be probed for status
info.
Can someone tell me the buzz word for what I need to do so I can find
some info on how do do it? BTW my application is a Windows App, NOT
ASPX so a web service is NOT what I'm looking for.
If all else fails I'll just keep some environment variables set and
updated that MOM can look at.
Thanks!