2 applications communicating on Windows Mobile 5

[Jay]

Hello all,

I would like to have 2 applications on one device communicating, what
is the best way to do this?
shared memory? some sort of messaging.

 

[Mark Arteaga]

Check out Point to Point Message Queues (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...os5/html/wce50conmessagequeuepointtopoint.asp).
Here is an article on how to use this with a managed application http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa446556.aspx.
Shared memory is a viable option and MSMQ may also be. Ultimately it's
up to you, what you feel comfortable with and what the applications do.

 

[Jay]

it is going to be a client server relationship.
Client sends transaction to server queue, server receives message and
processes transaction.

any examples out in the world? prefer C#.

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

PointToPointMessageQueue in the .NET CF 1.x is used in the
AdapterStatusMonitor class (receives queue messages), and DeviceMonitor
(receives queue messages). I don't recall using the class in any situation
where managed code was the sender, but I think you can figure it out.

Paul T.

 

[Lukasz Anforowicz]

it is going to be a client server relationship.
Client sends transaction to server queue, server receives message and
processes transaction.

any examples out in the world? prefer C#.

You can take a look at a great article on Daniel Moth's blog:

http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2004/09/ipc-with-cf-on-ce-part-1.html
http://www.danielmoth.com/Blog/2004/09/ipc-with-cf-on-ce-part-2.html

Thanks,