dotnet web services: Hi,

I am trying to create a .net webservice such that:
When a user calls the service, the server creates a
System.Windows.Forms.Form
and shows it on the server screen. I know this sounds bizarre, but i
do have a good reason for doing this.

I can get the following to work when i run the service in Visual
Studio (c#):

System.Windows.Forms.Form VisibleForm = new
System.Windows.Forms.Form();
VisibleForm.Show();
VisibleForm.Activate();

But when i publish it and call the service remotely, the window fails
to appear on the server screen.
Darn, so close.

Any thoughts?
Thank you to all,

Thank you!


However, I was hoping to NOT have to call a separate application. That
is, I would like to create a Form, within the webservice [WebMethod]
and NOT have to have created a separate desktop application which is
then called.
Is this possible?
I know it sounds loony, but I have a decent reason for doing this.

=)

thank you for your help,
matt

Ok, after rereading your comment:


Yep, I understand now what you were saying:
Write a desktop app, which has in its belly the webservice...
That's a great idea.
But is the flipside possible
Having a windows form in the belly of a webservice?

thanks,

jojoba@gmail.com wrote in news:a58f1908-e155-4818-abd2-e9957ada1893
@d21g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

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Yes, this is possible - in fact relatively straight forward if you have
experience with Remoting or WCF.

With ASP.NET 2.0 Web Services, you should create two applications, a
desktop application and the web service.

The web service will initiate a remoting call to the desktop application
which then pops the form.

In .NET 3.0/3.5, web services can be hosted in any application, in this
case, you can create a desktop application that hosts a web service.
Requests would connect directly to the application and pop a screen.
However, it's probably better to have two components (web service, client)
- this way if the desktop component is offline, you can return a proper
error code to the calling application.

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jojoba@gmail.com wrote in news:ec930734-0f82-4aec-9e44-
fd42794a9faa@h11g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

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Use .NET 3.0/3.5 and use ServiceHost to host your web service in a Windows
Form application.


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Yes definately looney - you should consider creating two application, your
app will scale much better.



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jojoba@gmail.com wrote in news:0cbb61df-4c64-4beb-bc21-2f5db908a1b8
@m34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

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I don't know - but I'm 99.999% sure it's highly NOT recommended ;-)

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Maybe the fact that you want to create a window is a sign that Web Services
are the wrong tool for the job.

Nick



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