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    I have a .NET Windows Service that has a public collection object in one of its class.  This collection object constantly keeps updated with different values while the service runs.  Then I have another .NET WPF application that needs to access that public collection object and display its values in a simple UI.  Basically, I need to access that public collection object while the Windows Service is running to display its changing values.

    I guess I need to use .NET Assembly class to somehow load the running assembly (Windows Service) in my WPF application.  But I am not sure which specific method(s) I need to use to do this.  Any sample code will be greatly appreciated. 

    Thanks in advance,

    Vijay Jain

     

    Wednesday, May 5, 2010 7:13 PM

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    Hi Vijay,

    From my understanding, you want to make a Windows application interacts with a Windows service, am I right?

    As far as I know, Reflection cannot help on this issue, instead, we may use some inter-process communication technology (RPC), for example: File Mapping, Named Pipe, Remoting or Socket, you can find those RPC related samples from 'All-In-OneIPC and RPC' Samples solution of All-In-One Code Framework.

     

    You may also host a WCF service in a Windows service, and consume the service from Windows applications, this article shows more details.

    Sincerely,
    Eric
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    • Marked as answer by eryang Friday, May 21, 2010 7:30 AM
    Thursday, May 6, 2010 1:44 AM