Re: How to communicate with Service Application

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From: Azrin Aris
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 02:33

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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "Azrin Aris" <azrin@rndtm.net.my> wrote in message
> news:418581c0$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> 
> 
>>My first problem is how my external application can
>>communicate with my service application.
> 
> 
> The same way that any applications can communicate with each other in
> general.  There are many mechanisms available - named pipes, TCP/IP sockets,
> RPC, COM, shared memory, just to name a few.
> 
> 
>>  e.g open a built-in form, closing it, etc.
> 
> 
> Services are not normally supposed to display GUI elements to begin with.
> Services are supposed to be background tasks.  Why can't your non-service
> application be the one to display the GUI form?
> 
> 
> Gambit
> 
> 
That is what I'm trying to achieve actually. I want to use external GUI 
application and send message to the service application to communicate.

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