remote control problem

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Gita George

What is the best way to control, from a VB .NET program, another
apllication, for example a Windows service, written also in VB .NET, that
has no user interface.

The purpose is to create an user interface for another application.

Thanks.

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Hi Gita,

Just as your said, look for "remoting" on MSDN, there is a lot of
information about that even sample code.

Cor
 
Hi Gita,

It's confusing isn't it! All the remoting documentation waffles
on about connecting up apps on different machines. None of them
seem to address the simple issue of connecting two apps on the
same machine. However, that's not an important difference.

Remoting doesn't mean 'remote' as we understand it - it simply
means 'not immediately here'. If you and I were in the same room,
we would be 'remote' from each other by their definition.

Silly definition? Yes, I think so too.

However, Remoting is just one option. There's a whole range of
Windows methods for interprocess communication.

Windows messages (not for Windows Services, though)
Pipes.
Sockets.
The Registry.
The File System.
Memory-mapped files.
Others that I've missed.

Unfortunately I know very little in this area.

Regards,
Fergus
 
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