I'm quite new to remoting, with few real world implementations. But since i started reading about remoting I'm hooked up on this topic, really interesting. I had a lot of book reading on this. I have the following scenario: - Central SQL Server with a quite big database. - Complet...more >>

I have several different dll's that I use in my asp.net development. One of them is used for sending email, another creates a dropdown menu with various service codes, there are others too. The plus side to these classes is that it provides consistant info, and it also allows me save time by r...more >>

Hello, I am making a system utilizing remoting with a TcpChannel between the server and the client. I want to know all the details concerning the networking part to prevent any future problems with firewalls or networking issues at the deploying site. Setup: ...more >>

I have a remote object which connects to a Sql database. This object is supposed to return records back to the client. Simple enough. My problem is that each client should maintain its own connection. I can't use a shared connection because there are many temp tables created per client. I h...more >>

Hi, I desprately trying to solve the following prob. I have a c# class method that returns an Interface: [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsDual)] public interface IDocument { ... ISession Session{get;} ... } the implementation...more >>

Hi all, I've found ways to do a binaryformatter, or a custom server sink, but not both together. Any ideas? I'm using binaryformatter with http on IIS, creating my server channel in code. Eventually (the whole point of this exercise) is to be able to pass an integer value in a modified IM...more >>

The constructor takes a param of type of the interface. This works fine when running locally, referencing the dll directly. When removing the reference and calling remotely I get an error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.MissingMethodException' occurred in mscorlib.dll Additional informa...more >>

Hello, What do I need to secure Remoting Objects? What I'm meaning with securing remoting objects is that I would restrict access to remoting services(object) for only internal use, etc... I need a test-server and I'm doubting about what I need exactly. Is the standard edition of Small Bus...more >>

Hi, I'm working on developing a solution that requires me to display a notification to the user in the form of a winform, much like the MSN messenger popup or Norton 2004 popup. I am under the impression that these apps consist of 2 pieces (or 3 if you consider an interface the 2 use) - a windo...more >>

Hi, I wonder if every class has to override the InitializeLifetimeService method in order to stay alive as long as we need it. public override object InitializeLifetimeService() { return null; } I ask this because my main application which is deriving from MarshalByRefObject has thi...more >>

Hi all, @ my work place, we have been using COM+ for business objects for a while even though our COM+ components are VB 6.0 components and as such we did not make use of any of the COM+ features (except it being a host for our DLLs) Now we are embarking upon .NET and have been debating b/...more >>

Hi, I have a server running as a windows service. This is using .Net remoting so I can access objects on the server. I can read fields, but I can't update them... Per exemple, I have on a ASP.Net page: // get the customer #1000 from the server Customer customer = MainServer.Instance.g...more >>

Hi all, I was thinking about having a list of debugging/network monitoring tools, list of operating system commands and etc that can be used for debugging network related problems and issues while working with .NET remoting and other network level programming. Guys, please share the inform...more >>

A question. Before I instantiate a type I need to know whether it will be local or remote. Obviously I know the type by a namespace.type string, as I don't have an instance. Now, I can tell a WebService proxy by using reflection to see if it's derived from System.Web.Services.Protoc...more >>

Any suggested favorite books and web sites on .NET Remoting with VB.NET? Your suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Dave ...more >>

OK. I am a little lost on reading thru all of the rather simple examples for remoting. It appears as if everything in .NET is type based, rather than instance based. I want a simple demo to synchronize a particular instance of an object. Consider this simple scenario. I have a type foo, whic...more >>

Hi, My client uses a remote object when I host the remote object inside a windows application all seem to work fine but when I host the same object inside a windows service I get the following error " connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after...more >>

I have built a TCP client/server application pair that I use to upload data into an SQL Server DB. The client/server pair communicate properly while using a local network connection. However, I need to run them over an internet connection through a firewall. I have mapped the firewall port ...more >>

I am going to use Word on the Server. I am aware of all the implications to this, but I am only using Word for printing. There does not seem to be any tool yet to print Word documents without the loading of Word. I am using Dot Net to talk to Word. Does anybody have recommendations for the best w...more >>

Hi NG, I serialize the following class over .net remoting: using System; using System.Collections; namespace JobServerLib { [Serializable] public class ParkTree { public System.Collections.Queue m_Tree; public ParkTree() { m_Tree = new Queue(1024); } } } ...more >>

Hi, How to use XmlNode (or XmlElement) in remote method call? When i try to return XmlNode from remote method, SerializationException occurs (The type System.Xml.XmlElement is not marked as serializable). Is there simple way to get around this problem? Any code examples will be very appr...more >>

Hi, I need communication beween 2 process in an industriel environment where the main factor is performances. I'm new in this area and i know that beside the Remoting, it(s also possible to manipulate sockets directly. So does any one knows what approach is the most efficient ? Thanks an...more >>

Ken (et al): We tried using a Windows Service (TCP / Binary / SingleCall) to host our application but after running some basic stress tests it began to refuse connections as I expect the thread pool was being saturated. Each request was taking ~10-15 seconds to complete as there is some seriou...more >>

Hello, My question regarding Singleton mode is: If multiple clients are using a remote object, will the first one be processed and the others wait or how does this work? Thanks in advance, Bob Hanson *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just particip...more >>

Hi, I got a strange error which it happens sometimes and I don't why... Here the error: [RemotingException: Object </436114d4_6fca_4720_9ef7_fcd21e349d9d/Z3qAWE53tdTYmJNo8I3Wn6ys_320.rem> has been disconnected or does not exist at the server.] System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealPro...more >>

Does anyone know of a spy or trace program that displays the exchange between Server's and Client's under .NET Remoting, specifically in terms of the .NET objects and value items passed back and forth between the Server and Client's? I came across a reference to a sample in the .NET Framewo...more >>

Hi, I want to use .NET Remoting (TCP) to create an interface for clients. On the server, I want to have this .NET Remoting interface running as a windows service that can be started and stopped. Of course, I want the Remoting interface to last the entire duration of the Service running. ...more >>

Hi, I’m new to .Net Remoting, I am wondering what should I use for my channel, TCP or HTTP. Can someone tell me why I would use one over the other? And in what cases will I use TCP over HTTP and vice versa I am using C# .net. I am behind a firewall; this app will be for a few hun...more >>

I have an issue I need some help on. We have designed a system that requires as much "up time" as possible. To accomplish this we are going to mirror our main server to a backup/secondary server. If the first server were to go down, we would like the clients to detect this and connect to the ...more >>

Hopefully this is the right newsgroup. I figured you guys would be the best experts on this. I am learning C# and .NET and went a little crazy with the events. Now I am not sure how to isolate this problem. Here is my architecture, I have: 1. an OpenGLPanel class derived from UserControl tha...more >>

Hi there, I have a requirement where I need to start and stop the NT service running on a different machine over the network. I am using ASP.Net application for presentation and I would like to know whether is it possible to get the remote machine respond to this kind of behaviour. If someone...more >>

Hi everybody, I have a problem of remote communication between server (singleton) and multiple remote clients. Each client subsribes to events of the remote server. The server throws events from time to time and clients receive it. Everything is OK while _all_ the clients are available. Le...more >>

I'm having a hard time determining why the number of assemblies are increasing for the application domain. The plan was to load an assembly from a temp domain so I could unload the assembly if it didn't match the plugin interface or to allow for a plugin refresh without restarting the applica...more >>

Remoting is not working at all on my machine, I guess it is a configuration problem but I don't know how to approach it ... I wanted to learn a new technology for a quick task, 1 day task and this desire has rendered the task 3 days hahahah .... After reading studying ... digging here and th...more >>

Lets say you have an class called Foo that implements the IFoo interface. You decide to make an extension of Foo specifically for remoting. This new class is called RemoteFoo and inherits Foo as well as implements the IRemoteFoo interface. Within your client, you create a remote instance ...more >>

Can someone verify this for me? A function like: public Foo(Byte [] someArray) { someArray[0] = 1; } If Foo is called directly from within the assembly the caller's passed aray will be affected by the call. However, if the object is exposed via .Net remoting and Foo is then called remote...more >>

Hello All, I am checking if anyone is aware of whether or not we will be able to use .NET remoting on a PocketPC and VS2005? Thanks in advance, Bob Hanson *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!...more >>

I am getting a bit confused right now One say it is possible the other say it can`t My scenario : I have a server program with a singleton object , i have some VB.Net clients this is working all well ( perfect does exactly what i need etc etc i love it , customer loves it ) ...more >>

I have been successful using TCP protocol and a console exe for a host but I can't get an IIS host version to work. I have a common DLL containing interfaces: namespace Common { public interface IClock { string WhatTimeIsIt(); } } My remote object implements this interface: p...more >>

Hi All, I have a problem with Serialization && enumeration. I have a DLL and it contains one public enum that was attributed with [Serializable]. I have a method that takes this enum. I have a second method that does not take any enum type. On client side, when I try to access the fir...more >>

I've made two servers.The first server holds a RemoteObject type class while the other one contains a WorkerObject type class. In my client,i first get a reference to RemoteObject type class,then pass it to the second server as a parameter of a method of WorkerObject type class.And at that ti...more >>

I'm having trouble seeing my page when I publish it on my live server. I created a project in VS.net (with MMIT integrated), created a simple index.aspx mobilewebform page , I can see it in my Mobile Explorer emulator , but get the following error when trying to look at it from my remote server,...more >>

We are having a heck of a time trying to figure out an exception we are getting with .net remoting when we deploy the application. Background: Remoting works when the client app is on my personal development box (WinXP Pro SP2) and the server app is on anyother box within our firewall. When ...more >>

I have seen tons of posts on NLB with remoting, but I need a little more clarification. Looking through the posts and reading supported configurations on MSFT website it isn't clear to me how the NLB works with HTTP. From what I understand, using TCP channel for the hosted services doesn't...more >>

I have a 3 tier system. Web Server -> FIREWALL -> BL Tier -> FIREWALL -> Calc Tier. The BL Tier is both a remoting server servicing the Web server application and a Remoting client requesting service from the Calc Tier. The BL Tier uses SingleCall SAO from CalcTier. Due to some really ...more >>

Hopefully this is the right newsgroup. I figured you guys would be the best experts on this. I am learning C# and .NET and went a little crazy with the events. Now I am not sure how to isolate this problem. Here is my architecture, I have: 1. an OpenGLPanel class derived from UserControl th...more >>

i use remoting develop a remoting sevice ,this software is a instant message service.But when many user concurrent access this service ,the service is hang up. that is not any Exception throw .but not response.why ,please help me. ...more >>

I am trying to load an assembly dynamically in a windows form application and bind to one of the interfaces contained in it. I can successfully load the assembly into memory and create the object which is a Form. But how do I bind to an interface the Form has implemented with out making a pr...more >>

Hi I am currently in the process of rewriting a Java/RMI application to ..NET using C#. Simplified, the application has a manager (client) which sends objects to a server. The server then executes a method in the object and return the answer. The idea is that the objects contain heavy computi...more >>

Hi all, I have two remoting architectures to discuss with you and want to know which one you would prefer and why. Before we talk about remoting architectures, pls consider a typical DMZ environment in which three layers are separated by firewalls: Load Balanced Web Layer ---------...more >>