Reputation: 2984
I am working on two separate C# applications, and I'm trying to determine what is the best way to create a remote procedure call from one app to the other. Webservices are not necessary in this case because the applications will always run on the same machine (Windows OS). What types of RPC are available in C# and .net that I can use?
Upvotes: 13
Views: 14403
Reputation: 3299
networkComms.net provides very general RPC functionality, see RPCExample.cs.
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 9519
I would recommend .NET Remoting configured with IPC channels, in my opinion this is the fastest way of communication between applications running on the same PC.
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 755161
There are several options available to you here. The most prominent though are
Both can be used for communication between processes on a remote or local machine.
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 1039160
I would recommend WCF with NetNamedPipeBinding for interprocess communication. Here's an example.
There's also Remoting which has been around since .NET 1.0 but becoming obsolete in favor of WCF.
Upvotes: 8