How to communicate between two Dot Net application

devesh_code

Hello I want to know that how to communicate between two same dot net application running on two different systems. This application is not a client - server application. And also tell me, how would i know that application is running on another system or not ??? Thanks

Devesh Mishra

KKrista

Hi Devesh, One of the easiest way is to use a common file between the applications. The other way would be to use the config file and have some keys specific to each process. To know if ur application is running, u can search for ur application name in the Processes list of the machine where u have to search at.

Regards, Murali

devesh_code

Hi Murali Thanks for ur reply. Would you tell me please, how to use config file between the applications and keys specific to each proces. Thanks

Devesh Mishra

KKrista

While developing ur application, in the app.config file, create a key (say 'instancenumber'). Then at runtime, set the key to a value (say '1','2',etc.) based on the instance of the application running. This will enable you to associate information specific to each instance.

Regards, Murali

Ilya Verbitskiy

Hello, Why don’t you want to use .Net Remoting. I think that this solution will be easy. Or you can use Global Shared Memory, but if you choose this solution, you’ll work with P/Invoke (DllImport).

Hesham Yassin

you need to use a kind of connection to send or get protocols or packages. i give u some tips to learn about that: Search for the classes of the library System.NetWork