How can Access apps talk to my vb.net app?

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Helen B

Hi,

I have a vb.net winforms app. Third-party apps written in Access want to be
able to communicate with my app - send and messages etc.

How can we do this?

Can I write a class in Access that uses Sockets? Or is there another way?

Thanks

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Can not the .net application be exposed as a com object?

Also, ms-access is most certainly capable of consuming web services written
in the .net frame work. (there is a soap ad-in for ms-access/office).

You can find out about this here:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/webservices/toolkit.asp

So, it is not clear if .net applications can be used as a com object..but I
suspect they can be.

I mean, generally...most inter-program communication is done via com. I can
use ms-access to launch and automate word, or Excel.

You only need to find out if .net apps can be used as a com object by
standard windows appcltions (be it VB6, word, Excel, or ms-access).

I would simply post a question in the .net groups as to if a .net
applications can be automated as a com object by standard windows
applications.

I also assume that you have to write your application with it be ableto
function as a automation "server" as opposed to a client that consumes a com
object...
 
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