Making (enhancing) a remoting system to become a web service sysem

[Guest]

Hello,

I need to make my already implemented .NET remoting system to become a web
service or any system in order to be usefull over the internet. My current
system uses .NET remoting and can be used in LAN and not the internet. What
are the best ways to make it use internet and be usefull? How will we be able
to enhance this system, so it can communicate over the internet?

I have found that converting it to web service is very time consuming
because there are many overloaded methods and web service does not accept
overloading a method! Also, we use interfaces in the .NET remoting, and
using interfaces in web service is basic. So given these, are there better
ways to enhance it using current technology? We also need this implementation
to be usefull in the upcomming technology and windows vista.

 

[Marc Gravell]

Perhaps you should look at WCF - sounds like a pretty good fit...

WCF is essentially the replacement for remoting, and enables a lot more
"webby" approaches, all through configuration (i.e. no code changes).

WCF is part of .Net 3.0 (now RTM); http://wcf.netfx3.com/

Marc

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply.

But WCF is still in beta and our customer want the solution? When will the
visual studioi be released? So we need the VS to build the app.

 

[Tommaso Caldarola]

I need to make my already implemented .NET remoting system to become a web
service or any system in order to be usefull over the internet. My current
system uses .NET remoting and can be used in LAN and not the internet. What
are the best ways to make it use internet and be usefull? How will we be able
to enhance this system, so it can communicate over the internet?

If your remoting app is host in IIS you can create an asmx page, otherwise you
have a look to WSE.

 

[Guest]

It is not hosted in IIS, it is a windows app and .NET remoting is hosted by
Windows services. Does Web Service Enhancement support interfaces? What to do
to make a quick fix ?

 

[Marc Gravell]

No, WCF is RTM as of last week or so.

Marc

 

[Guest]

So, does it mean we can build it using VS 2005 and release it to customer?
So, will it supprt doing win xp?

 

[Marc Gravell]

WCF is part of .Net 3.0, which is supported on XP and available from MS, so
yes.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/mi...read/thread/affb02869942565b/a5d5e5feb2c3cb4a

I suspect that the WinFX site posted can answer a lot more about WCF than I
can...

Marc

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot for your help. I try to use WCF!