<jgeretz@nospam.com> wrote:

>I need to communicate between two applications. The legacy application is in
>VB6. New development is in C#. Here's the scenario:
>
>The VB6 app will be pumping document files into a folder. We'll be writing a
>new (C#) class for this new feature.
>
>The C# Application (as distinct from the file pumper class just mentioned)
>needs notification for each file pumped into the folder in order to process
>the file.
>
>(FileSystemWatcher is not going to do it for us. The C# Application needs
>certain meta-information regarding each file, that the VB6 application is in
>possession of. Yes, pairing a companion tag file together with each document
>file might do the job, but is this really the best way to communicate
>between two applications? By passing files around?)
>
>So what is the best way to set up a 'conduit' beteen two applications? The
>pattern I'm trying to achieve would have the source application initiate an
>activity which would trigger an event raised in the target application to
>notify the target application that the activity has occurred.
>
>Thanks for any advice which you can offer!
>
>- Joseph Geretz -
>

"Joseph Geretz" <jgeretz@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I need to communicate between two applications. The legacy application is
>in VB6. New development is in C#. Here's the scenario:
>
> The VB6 app will be pumping document files into a folder. We'll be writing
> a new (C#) class for this new feature.
>
> The C# Application (as distinct from the file pumper class just mentioned)
> needs notification for each file pumped into the folder in order to
> process the file.
>
> (FileSystemWatcher is not going to do it for us. The C# Application needs
> certain meta-information regarding each file, that the VB6 application is
> in possession of. Yes, pairing a companion tag file together with each
> document file might do the job, but is this really the best way to
> communicate between two applications? By passing files around?)
>
> So what is the best way to set up a 'conduit' beteen two applications? The
> pattern I'm trying to achieve would have the source application initiate
> an activity which would trigger an event raised in the target application
> to notify the target application that the activity has occurred.
>
> Thanks for any advice which you can offer!
>
> - Joseph Geretz -
>