"Jim Davis" <jim.davis@flexcar.com> wrote in message
news:ePtPaapdEHA.3392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have a simple remote object that is hosted in a Windows Service. I
> register the WellKnownType via the services app.config file. I look up
the
> path to that file using
> Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), then pass
> that to RemotingConfiguration.Configure(path).
>
> It all works fine when I install the Windows service using InstallUtil,
but
> when I create a Setup Project for the service I get a "File or assembly
name
> XX, or one of its dependencies, was not found."
>
> The remote object is available - I have a test harness that can invoke it
> directly with no errors. The app.Config file is visible to the service,
as
> I can read other keys from app settings. I have trace code that writes
the
> path of the file used in RemotingConfiguration.Configure() to the
EventLog,
> and it is correct.
>
> I do not want to put the config file in system32, I want it next to the
> service exe. Is there a way of doing this?
>
> My config section and Activator.GetObject call are below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
> My config section is:
>
> <system.runtime.remoting>
> <application name="RatingEngineService">
> <service>
> <wellknown type="Comp.RatingEngineRemote.IIE_Statement,
> RatingEngineRemote"
> objectUri="RatingEngineRemote"
> mode="Singleton" />
> </service>
> <channels>
> <channel ref="tcp" port="9999">
> <serverProviders>
> <formatter ref="binary" />
> </serverProviders>
> </channel>
> </channels>
> </application>
> </system.runtime.remoting>
>
>
> The objects are invoked with the following code.
>
> IIIE_Statement stmt = (IIIE_Statement)Activator.GetObject(
> typeof(Comp.IRatingEngineRemote.IIIE_Statement),
> tcp://server:9999/RatingEngineRemote);
>
>
>
>

"Jim Davis" <jim.davis@flexcar.com> wrote in message
news:ePtPaapdEHA.3392@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I have a simple remote object that is hosted in a Windows Service. I
> register the WellKnownType via the services app.config file. I look up
the
> path to that file using
> Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), then pass
> that to RemotingConfiguration.Configure(path).
>
> It all works fine when I install the Windows service using InstallUtil,
but
> when I create a Setup Project for the service I get a "File or assembly
name
> XX, or one of its dependencies, was not found."
>
> The remote object is available - I have a test harness that can invoke it
> directly with no errors. The app.Config file is visible to the service,
as
> I can read other keys from app settings. I have trace code that writes
the
> path of the file used in RemotingConfiguration.Configure() to the
EventLog,
> and it is correct.
>
> I do not want to put the config file in system32, I want it next to the
> service exe. Is there a way of doing this?
>
> My config section and Activator.GetObject call are below.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
> My config section is:
>
> <system.runtime.remoting>
> <application name="RatingEngineService">
> <service>
> <wellknown type="Comp.RatingEngineRemote.IIE_Statement,
> RatingEngineRemote"
> objectUri="RatingEngineRemote"
> mode="Singleton" />
> </service>
> <channels>
> <channel ref="tcp" port="9999">
> <serverProviders>
> <formatter ref="binary" />
> </serverProviders>
> </channel>
> </channels>
> </application>
> </system.runtime.remoting>
>
>
> The objects are invoked with the following code.
>
> IIIE_Statement stmt = (IIIE_Statement)Activator.GetObject(
> typeof(Comp.IRatingEngineRemote.IIIE_Statement),
> tcp://server:9999/RatingEngineRemote);
>
>
>
>