I need to store a XmlDocument within another object that is being serialized. The other object does implement the ISerializable interface. The problem is that the XmlDocument, when saved as a text file, can be many megs in size. What is the best way to serialize the XmlDocument to the Seriali...more >>

I am using remoting (IPC channel) between a client and a server for IPC using ..NET 2.0. Does anyone know of a way to use remoting from a script (as a client)? For instance, for COM objects, one could use CreateObject. Is there something similar one can do for remoting (other than using COM In...more >>

Hello, I'm facing the following difficulty with a Remoting app which communicates with an Unmanaged (VC6) app in a two-way manner. I have done the direction from Framework to VC6 through WIN32-API delegates, using FindWindow + PostMessage. This works fine. But now I have to go the other way...more >>

Hello, I was wondering what are the differences between using the System.Runtime.Remoting vs. System.Net.Sockets? I am sort of confused what the differences are between them and which particular framework is best suited for its own niche. I am planning on implementing some basic commun...more >>

I have a remotable object that exists on a server. I have several clients that can instantiate this object and call methods on it. The methods can return strings from resource tables and are localized depending on the UICulture of the current thread. I would like to set this UICulture based on t...more >>

Hi, I use remoting in a Windows app... this remoting call a ServerA and using ServerA get an object (marshaled) from ServerB... if I call a method on the object gotten from ServerB and this ServerB has shut down it's service, I get an exception and this exception stop the application event ...more >>

Hi, Let me explain my architecture : Client-->ServerA-->ServerB So, Client makes a call to ServerA which returns an object gotten from ServerB... The credentials are passed from Client to ServerB my using Impersonation on ServerA... The problem is the following : ServerB is a Windows Ser...more >>

Hi, My application is written in VB.NET and has a data access layer that resides on a different server and is accessed via Remoting. Currently, when performing an update to the database, I pass the SQL string and connection string to the data access layer like so: DataAccessLayerClass.Run...more >>

I would like to be able to use HTTP, SOAP with a remoting service (not IIS) and use SSL to connect. It works as I would like when connecting via http but not https. Searching the web only tells me to use IIS to host my service and https is there. But I would like to keep everything in my se...more >>

Hi, I receive an exception from remoting on the first call I make on the remote object... "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it"... it means the server is not present (well, it's not started, actually), but even if I put my code in a try...catch structur...more >>

Hi, When I try to use impersonation when remoting I always get an exception even when the server and client are on the same computer... Here are my 2 config lines for the channels (that's about all there is in each config files) Client : <channel ref="tcp" secure="true" tokenImpersonationL...more >>

Hi, I have a problem getting WindowsPrincipal objects for remote calls... if I only get from a client to a server, it works fine, but if I have a client that calls a server to get an object hosted on another server, the hosted object does not get a WindowsPrincipal, but a GenericPrincipal....more >>

Does anyone have any good links (or books) that talk about converting an existing application (VB dot net framework 1.1) to use remoting? We have an application that we need to remove our business logic and data Access logic out from our Presentation layer. The Business logic and Data Access l...more >>

Hi everyone! I want to create an IpcChannel without security, so than everyone can access the channel. Even if I set the "IsSecured" Property of the IpcServerChannel to false, I got "Access denied" Exceptions? Why does this happen? Is it not possible to disable the security - restrictions a...more >>

Hi, I am developing a remoting service which is accessed by a client application using remoting. In doing so, is gives me an error called "Cannot load type <Type Name> <Assembly Name>" Following things I am doing in order to developed a remoting service 1 - Developed a dll called Remotabl...more >>

If you've configured .NET Remoting to use more than one channel of the same type, for example two TcpClientChannels with unique names, when you want to create a proxy to a remote object how do you specify which channel you want that proxy to use? Thanks in advance. ...more >>

As a client I am sending data using a OneWay method to a server. What happens if the client is sending messages faster than the server can consume them? Who is responsible for holding the queue? If the object sending is a WellKnownObjectMode.Singleton what happens if I send another mess...more >>

Hi all I am trying to Upload a file using .NET Remoting. My Remoting Object contains an Upload Method which would take the HttpPostedFile and the path as the parameters, I am using Server Act Object in SingleTon Mode CLient is a web app . When i am tryin to upload a file this is the ...more >>

Hello, MSDN documentation states that message sinks must not throw exceptions at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconsinkssinkchains.asp "Note Message sinks must not throw exceptions. One way a message sink can control this is by wrapping m...more >>

This is a Windows Service development/deployment question and I couldn't find a newsgroup focused on that. Since remote objects are often hosted in a Windows Service, I thought this was as good a place as any to post a Windows Service question. I've developed a Windows Service that reads or...more >>

Hi, What happens when a CAO's lease times out or is not renewed? Specifically I would like to know if the CAO is informed about this explicitely or implicitely. Could it be that once the CAO is no longer supported (lease times out, sponsor refuses renewal), the system calls IDispoble.Di...more >>

With Remoting, the server generally needs to be running, in order for a remote client to instantiate the class which is exposed for remoting. If the server is not already running, the client can start the server, however the launch of the server will be asynchronous and the client will need to...more >>

Hi, I have a little problem with the config file even tought I'm pretty sure it's correct... Can someone tell me why I get this exception? here are the exception and the config file content. Exception : PM Remoting configuration failed with the exception 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException:...more >>

Hi there, I've read some articles that address the problem i'm having at the moment, however things still are not completely clear to me. I will illustrate the setting, and what problems I have. I have a central component that is to collect data from certain clients, and that should trig...more >>

Hi, I have a remote object which has a function XMLNode GetDataNode(string nodeName); When I call this function using remoting (from another application), I am getting an Exception stating that XmlElement is not marked as serializable. Any ideas how can I resolve this issue. Thanks, NUUB...more >>

We're C# .NET developers who must use an ActiveX container (not IE) to create and contain our components. We'd like both the component and the client to be C# .NET code. But, it appears that you cannot do this with COM interop. To do this, the RCW of my client code would have to be able to ...more >>

Hi all, When I configure remoting with a TCP channel with a singlecall server object, I would like to know if the TCP connection stays open forever. In the TCP protocol, it requires 7 messages between the client and the server to open a connection. If the client makes a lot of calls to the s...more >>

Server side : Winform Exe Code : System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingConfiguration.Configure( System.IO.Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "RemoteServer.exe.config")); BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider provider = new BinaryServerFormatterSinkProvider(); provider.TypeFilterLevel = ...more >>

Hi, I have a service and an app, I cut down the code to a minimum... can someone explain me why it locks up when I try to get an instance of my object? public class LoginService : MarshalByRefObject { public override object InitializeLifetimeService() { // return null so ...more >>

I'm getting an error when I try send a dataset from a .NET2.0 proces to a .NET1.1 proces: Type is not resolved for System.Data.Serializationformat, System.Data, .... It appears Microsoft does not support backward compatiblity on datasets in .NET2.0. I have seen more postings on this problem. ...more >>

Hi, I have to develop an application that will consist of a service and a windows forms application... the service could be on a distant server but I need to authenticate the user as being part of the same domain. so when the application starts, I can send something to the remote service a...more >>

HI, i am working currently on a .NET projet since a while. I have implemented a .NET Remoting object as a marshal object. i know how to do with C# for writing an appropriate client to access to it. It's an object registred on the httpchannel. i tried to find some vbscript samples on the n...more >>

Can I specify an absolute path in the objectUri attribute, e.g. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <configuration> <system.runtime.remoting> <application> <service> <wellknown type="Processing.ReportProcessor, ReportAssembly" mode="Singleton" objectUri="D:/DR/Server/Repo...more >>

Hello, I am trying to have a remoting application use Kerberos authentication because I have an application where the remoting server may make further calls to other remoting servers, and even 3 levels deep I want the code to run in the context of the original authenticated user. But I can'...more >>

Hi, Iam trying to use WebClient class under system.net namespace to download files from internet via http. For that iam using DownloadFile method. But when ever iam trying to download any file iam getting the error “"The underlying connection was closed: Unable to connect to the remote ...more >>

Hey, Wanted to know if there is a way to receive an event in the server that a client tried to connect but didn't succeed? Thanx, Yael. ...more >>

I have what appears to be a deadlock issue in a simple remoting application consisting of 3 objects: 1) A server side Singleton 2) A client-side windows form 2) A client side helper to facilitate communication between the two SITUATION ONE I successfully implemented remote callback on the...more >>