S
Steffer [MCP]
Hi NG
I'm have made a server application (WinForms) but I would very much
like to move the tasks that my app runs into a Windows Service.
But have you any experience building an communication interface between
the Gui and a Windows Service, I'd like to hear from you.
Is the solution:
Sockets - with commands and data send directly
Remoting?
Web Services?
COM+?
Something else?
It's small size data that has to be transfered. Both the Winforms App
and the Windows Service can communicate with a SQL Server (same
database).
The Winforms App. also has to show what the Windows Service is doing
right now - realtime is preferred but not required.
What I want to end up with is the behavior something like WebTrends
where you have a Server that runs as a Windows Service and a
WebInterface (in my case WinForms app) running on the same machine. The
Windows Service does all the hard work while the Winforms app. tells
the Windows Service how to do it, and shows what the Windows Service is
working on.
Any suggestions?
I'm have made a server application (WinForms) but I would very much
like to move the tasks that my app runs into a Windows Service.
But have you any experience building an communication interface between
the Gui and a Windows Service, I'd like to hear from you.
Is the solution:
Sockets - with commands and data send directly
Remoting?
Web Services?
COM+?
Something else?
It's small size data that has to be transfered. Both the Winforms App
and the Windows Service can communicate with a SQL Server (same
database).
The Winforms App. also has to show what the Windows Service is doing
right now - realtime is preferred but not required.
What I want to end up with is the behavior something like WebTrends
where you have a Server that runs as a Windows Service and a
WebInterface (in my case WinForms app) running on the same machine. The
Windows Service does all the hard work while the Winforms app. tells
the Windows Service how to do it, and shows what the Windows Service is
working on.
Any suggestions?