sockets question...

[Norvin Laudon]

....or maybe more of a basic networking question:

I need to create a protocol that will allow multiple instances of my
executable (on one PC only) to synchronize with each other.
i.e.: when a setting in one instance of the program changes, I want all of
the other running instances of that program to get the info, & vice versa.

If I use Sockets, I need to keep a port available to send a message out when
I need to, but also continuously monitor for any incoming messages. I
thought the UDPClient would be a good solution, but the Receive method
blocks until incoming data is available, thereby locking up the port if I
need to send something out.

It looks like I could do this with the Socket class, TCP protcol, and async
read methods, but it seems more complicated than I require.

Is there a simpler way to send and recieve messages between applications? If
not, perhaps a good sample out there on asynchronously reading network
streams?

TIA,
Norvin

[bowman]

Norvin Laudon wrote:

Is there a simpler way to send and recieve messages between applications?
If not, perhaps a good sample out there on asynchronously reading network
streams?

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Do...PipesPart1.asp

[Norvin Laudon]

Hi

In case anyone is interested, I found a great article which describes a very
_simple_ way of passing serializable data between two applications on the
same machine.

http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/NE...on/article.asp

(The "Named Pipes" sample suggested in the message below is anything but
simple...)

NL
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Norvin Laudon wrote:

Is there a simpler way to send and recieve messages between applications? If not, perhaps a good sample out there on asynchronously reading network streams?

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/Do...PipesPart1.asp