Client - Server calls

[Eric Dreksler]

Hi,

I'm trying to develop an app that will reside on the client and a server
side app, the server side app will have a class that the client will need to
call and pass in a variable. I'd like the client to tell it if the
operation was sucessfull / failed.

What is the best method for doing this and where can I find some info to get
me pointed in the right direction?

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Chris Calzaretta]

Try looking at web services Do not know if it all you need. or you can try
to look at corba


let me know if this helps I can go in to more detail

 

[Eric Dreksler]

I don't think I want to go to WebServices w/ this.

It's a really simple program, basically what it is going to do is:

1. Our fax server drops off incoming faxes into a 'drop directory' as
..tif files.
2. My app will scan through this directory every XX minutes and convert
the files to .pdf.
3. The users will have a simple one form app that will allow them to
review the .pdf files and if they want to approve them they will select a
'SaveTo' path and then the client will pass this and the original file name
back to the server where it will run some code to add a Digital Signiture to
the file (as well as spit out a log file entry to track who's approving
what).

I'm trying to keep this fairly simple and quick it doesn't need to be
anything fancy and only about 5 people are going to be using this
occasionally through out the day.

Thanks,

Eric

 

[Simon Verona]

If webservices are a bit over the top then try remoting... This is pretty
simple, and doesn't require IIS to work.

However, Web services are just as easy to write (actually easier in my
opinion).

Regards
Simon