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Thanks Marc

Can you point me in the direction of some info on 3) Shared memory, Memory 
Mapped Files, etc


Ray
"Marc Rohloff [TeamB]" <"on request"> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:04:02 -0000, Ray wrote:
>
>> I am trying to transfer data from one application to another by sending a
>> pointer to a memory block. To test this out I have two applications, a
>> sender and a receiver. The sender fills an integer buffer and sets a 
>> pointer
>> to its address. Then I send a message via the interop SendMessage();.
>>
>> I get the message in the Receiver ok and the pointer value received is 
>> the
>> same as the one sent. But when I try to get the data all I get is 
>> garbage.
>
> You cannot send memory between applications by just sending a pointer.
> Each application addresses its own unique memory space and contents.
>
> You need to use one of:
> 1) TCP/IP
> 2) Webservices, remoting, etc.
> 3) Shared memory, Memory Mapped Files, etc
> 4) The WM_COPYDATA windows message
> 5) Real files
> 6) etc
>
>
> -- 
> Marc Rohloff [TeamB]
> marc rohloff -at- myrealbox -dot- com