COM has some interesting features can they be done in .NET assembl

[Shawn]

Hi All;
another simpleton question. i'm pretty sure i already know but...
what is a .Net Assembly?

In the C++ app i work on at work, we use a main app with COM "plugnis" and a
few COM servers. these COM servers are interesting in that they are self
contained programs that allow the main app to interface with some of the
server's functionality and only are active as long as the main program is.
How could you implement such a setup using C#? i understand when you create
a class library it's creating a .dll.
and if you create an executable how can you access it's functionality from
another app?
a window service sounds like it might be close but again how can you access
it's functionality from another app?

i've been using C# at home but not in the work environment and would like to
expand my knowledge.

Any help would be great. thanks

[Ollie Riches]

A explanation of an assembly

http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/F...mbly-Explained
For distributed systems you have 3 options available to you in the current
version of the framework:

Web Services (ASMX),
..Net Remoting,
Enterprise Services (COM+)

Web services
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickst...icesintro.aspx
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/062602-1.aspx

..Net Remoting
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...wkremoting.asp

Enterprise Services
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...entsvcperf.asp

and you could of course always 'roll your own'

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HTH

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I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a programmer
helping programmers.

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Hi All;
another simpleton question. i'm pretty sure i already know but...
what is a .Net Assembly?

In the C++ app i work on at work, we use a main app with COM "plugnis" and
a
few COM servers. these COM servers are interesting in that they are self
contained programs that allow the main app to interface with some of the
server's functionality and only are active as long as the main program is.
How could you implement such a setup using C#? i understand when you
create
a class library it's creating a .dll.
and if you create an executable how can you access it's functionality from
another app?
a window service sounds like it might be close but again how can you
access
it's functionality from another app?

i've been using C# at home but not in the work environment and would like
to
expand my knowledge.

Any help would be great. thanks