Interprocess communication between two different applications.

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Hi all,

I want to know how to exchange messages between two different applications in vb.net(VS2008).

Suppose I've two apps as app1.exe and app2.exe.
app1.exe is the main application. User gives some command at app1.exe and those commands are transferred to app2.exe for processing. After processing app2.exe will respond to app1.exe.

Suggest me how could I do this.

Thanks.

Gagan

Posted 17-Mar-11 17:23pm

Gagan.20

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2011-03-17T18:42:00

Solution 1

This[^] could be one approach.

Mind you there are others as well.

Posted 17-Mar-11 18:42pm

Abhinav S

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Espen Harlinn 18-Mar-11 5:23am

That's an option too, my 5

Albin Abel · Answer 2 · 2011-03-17T18:44:00

Solution 2

Some more links here. The key is Named Pipes

Asynchronous Named Pipes (Overlapped IO) with VB.NET[^]

Inter-Process Communication in .NET Using Named Pipes, Part 1[^]

Posted 17-Mar-11 18:44pm

Albin Abel

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Espen Harlinn 18-Mar-11 5:23am

Nice links, should provide OP with a way to solve his problem :)

Albin Abel 18-Mar-11 5:45am

Thanks Espen Harlinn