> I have a question concerning .NET Remoting. I walked through a couple
> of examples in books and on the internet concerning .NET Remoting and
> in every code sample I find the following code fragment:
>
> SharedObject = (SharedObject)
> Activator.GetObject(typeof(SharedObject),
> "tcp://localhost:8085/SharedObjectServer");
>
> if(SharedObject == null) Console.WriteLine("Could not locate server");
>
> When I make use of that code (of course by replacing SharedObject by
> my object and after adjusting the url), then when I test wether the
> created object is null, the result is always that the object is not
> null.
>
> This means in the code sample above that the evaluation of
> (SharedObject == null) always fails, even if the remoting server is
> not running!
>
> Does anyone know how I can make sure that the remoting server is
> running or not?