Automating a .NET App

[Anthony Malt]

Hi,

I'd like to programmatically attach to a small app with another app. What
the best way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Anthony Malt

 

[vj]

As long as u have source code for both can achieve this through events, and
Load Assembly concepts. The Load Assembly is possible with System.Reflection
Namespace.

VJ

 

[jeremiah johnson]

can this be done between machines on a LAN?

 

[Nick Malik [Microsoft]]

can this be done between machines on a LAN?

Can you provide some details of the actual problem you are trying to solve
with this bit of technical magic?

You can have one app start another across a network. It is called .Net
Remoting.


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[vj]

Sure.. if you have a path to Assembly, you can load it from any location
local or remote...LAN. I am not sure if you can do through http or WAN.

VJ

 

[Anthony Malt]

Hi VJ,

Thanks for your help. Just to make sure that I understand what you wrote.
Does that mean that you can load the app2 from app1 even though both are in
different windows processes?

Thanks in advance for any advice
Anthony

 

[Wiebe Tijsma]

Hi,

I'd like to programmatically attach to a small app with another app. What
the best way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

Anthony Malt

Remoting is the preferred way to go...

 

[naikrovek]

Does that mean that you can load the app2 from app1 even though both are in

different windows processes?

Yes. Remoting allows you to do exactly this.

Think of it being similar to web services, but without
interoperability. Its a .NET only solution.