Re: Communicating between Applications

Stefan Berglund wrote:
Bob O`Bob <filterbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've been pondering the appropriateness of mailslots for interprocess comms in
a project of my own. Can you point me to any good tutorial/example/sample/demo
resources?

Well, there's a demo on Randy Birch's site and Desaware has one as well. I
started from there but wasn't satisfied with either approach. For a
simple demo that demonstrates that it works, compile this and run it on
two machines. Whatever you type on one is shows up on the other. The
module that follows is not part of the demo project, but shows a more
binary (rather than text) approach that works well for me. The module
is used to update the exe across the network and perform regular
backups.

thanks much, I've saved a copy for perusal.

If you can spare a few more minutes, could you perhaps explain the Form_Load in
more detail? Particularly the "dot" and "star" but overall, I'm really not sure
what's going on in there, and how the two computers would 'discover' each other.



Bob
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