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"Phuoc Can HUA" <home}a+t{huaonline.com> wrote in message
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> How can I do this with two applications via LAN (a
> data record has 2 integers and 1 string)? I assume that
> thread B can't be 'woken up' by thread A via LAN,
> does B has to poll the data?

That depends on how the two applications are communicating with each other
to begin with.  Are you using Named Pipes?  Sockets?  RPC?  ActiveX/COM?
Other?  Each one of those technologies handle data transmissions
differently.  Some need data to be polled periodically, while some trigger
notifications when data is available.

> By the way, is there any software which can simulate LAN
> on a single machine so that the applications can be run on
> one PC in the development phase.

Any of the above-mentioned technologies can be used in a single-PC
environment.  It's just a matter of specifying the appropriate connection
values that represent the local machine.  For example, named pipes can use
the local machine name that is returned by GetComputerName(), while sockets
can use the special loopback IP address "127.0.0.1".


Gambit