"kmacintyre" <kmacintyre@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using .NET Remoting to transfer a file over a network in the form of a
> byte array. I am registering the server using:
> TcpChannel chan = new TcpChannel(8085);
> ChannelServices.RegisterChannel(chan);
> RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType(typeof(HICONServer),
> "C4I.EDMSIM.HICON", WellKnownObjectMode.SingleCall);
>
> and calling the function using:
> byte[] buffer = _hiconServer.chooseStation(stationID);
>
> the chooseStation function returns the byte array:
>
> FileStream fs = new FileStream(_dsa.dbName, FileMode.Open);
> BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
> buffer = br.ReadBytes((int)fs.Length);
> br.Close();
> return buffer;
>
> This works fine when the client and server are both on the same machine,
> and
> this method has worked in another application deployed in a large scale
> environment. For some reason, the function never returns. I have added
> trace information and the "return buffer" line is getting called, my
> network
> activity jumps and anywhere from 1MB to 4MB gets sent and then nothing
> happens.
>
> I have two questions:
> 1. Should I being doing this another way (splitting up the byte array,
> and
> returning pieces at a time, this probably makes more sense, but I didn't
> have problems in the past).
> 2. Is there some way I can tell if the remoting call has hung up.