.Net equivalent to COM Service -- visual c libraries

S Wheeler
10/10/2006 12:36:41 PM

Don't know if this is the right newsgroup, but here goes:

Do .Net service applications offer a similar capability to a COM Service
where the server can be assessed from a GUI via some exposed methods of the
service? If so, how; if not, what is the accepted way to acheive IPC from
GUI app (WinForm) and .Net service app? I do not want to use a socket or
pipe, so I am looking for either some direct call method that can pass more
than just a simple int.

Thanks -

SvenC
10/13/2006 12:00:00 AM

Hi S Wheeler,

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The main choices for managed code would be Remoting, WebServices and WCF
(Windows Communication Foundation aka Indigo).
You could also make a managed class COM visible for COM clients.
You should find samples for all techniques in MSDN:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa185916.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnanchor/html/WebServicesAnchor.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/introtowcf.asp

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SvenC

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