DotNet Remoting------------->Urgent

[munishk]

Hi, I have DotNet remoting question and this is related to while development. I am working on C#/windows application. One of client (window form) need to access the method remotely (from remoting server)...Question: When I am building the client while in development mode do I have to set reference explicitly to the DLL server (remotable object) because if I do that then when moving to production, I don't know in which folder remote server .DLL would be installed. Favourite quote: In youth we learn, In age we understand.

[partyganger]

Maybe you can use UDDI? We use it to find a webservice..

[Judah Gabriel Himango]

It's recommended you do not share the actual remotable library. Use interfaces instead, and share only the interface. For example

// server side code only
public class MyRemotableDll : MarshalByRefObject, IMyRemotable
{
void SomeMethod()
{
}
}

// server side code, in some other class
MyRemotableDll obj = new MyRemotableDll();
RemotingServices.Marshal(obj, "obj.rem");

// shared interface, distribute to both client and server
public interface IMyRemotable
{
void SomeMethod;
}

// client side code
IMyRemotable theRemoteObj = (IMyRemotable)RemotingServices.Connect(typeof(IMyRemotable), "http://localhost:4030/obj.rem");
theRemoteObj.SomeMethod();

Hope that helps. --------------------------- He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough. -Lao Tsu

[Heath Stewart]

In addition to what Judah said (which is the preferred way when you have control over development like this), you can also use soapsuds.exe from the SDK to generate a client proxy (for cases when you can't dictate how the remote object is developed or deployed).

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[munishk]

Judah, Thanks for the nice solution. I have further question in your solution and it may sound stupid but help me. When I am using interfaces on client side how the call reaches to particular piece on server where this interface is implemented. I mean to say that this interface may have been implemented in different different areas. I know that to reach particular piece we do registration of server and give right address (tcp/http) on client side but my question is interface is just an abstract thing. How the call from client actually reaches to server. Please help.. Favourite quote: In youth we learn, In age we understand.