Inter process communication!

[DBC User]

Hi,

I have 2 completly independent programs and they need to talk to each
other once in a while. Both are .Net VS2005 c# programs and both
reside in the client machine. I have a limitation, I can not use MSMQ
or registry. I want this program to run in Standard user mode when
moved to Vista as well.
At present I am serializing the objects and using File watcher to get
the messages. It is working but I would like to know is there a BETTER
way of doing thing? I am open to new technologies and any other ideas.

Thanks.

 

[Oliver Sturm]

Hello DBC,

..NET Remoting could be a good approach for that scenario.


Oliver Sturm

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Hi,

I have 2 completly independent programs and they need to talk to each
other once in a while. Both are .Net VS2005 c# programs and both
reside in the client machine. I have a limitation, I can not use MSMQ
or registry. I want this program to run in Standard user mode when
moved to Vista as well.
At present I am serializing the objects and using File watcher to get
the messages. It is working but I would like to know is there a BETTER
way of doing thing? I am open to new technologies and any other ideas.

Thanks.

As Oliver said, Remoting is an option but WCF is even better, given that you intend to move
to Vista (which includes V3 of the Framework) anyway.
When using Remoting, your best option for "cross-process same machine IPC", is using the IPC
channel, while WCF's fastest is the NamedPipe channel.

Willy.

 

[DBC User]

As Oliver said, Remoting is an option but WCF is even better, given that you intend to move
to Vista (which includes V3 of the Framework) anyway.
When using Remoting, your best option for "cross-process same machine IPC", is using the IPC
channel, while WCF's fastest is the NamedPipe channel.

Willy.

I was looking for the same. Do you know WCF is supported in XP SP2
with Frame work 2.0?

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

I was looking for the same. Do you know WCF is supported in XP SP2
with Frame work 2.0?

WCF is part of V3 of the framework, and available for XP SP2. Note that V3 is just an
additional set of libraries (WCF, WPF, WF ...) and available via Windows Update.

Willy.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

I was looking for the same. Do you know WCF is supported in XP SP2
with Frame work 2.0?

Check this for more info:

http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2006/06/09/624300.aspx

Willy.