You could use a memory-mapped file for this purpose. A bit of googling should get you plenty of sample code, some of which may even work.
This will require p/Invoking, which may be a problem in certain (eg partial trust) scenarios. On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Clark, Michael (OFM) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I had a process running in the background (spawned by a web service > method, for instance) and wanted another process to be able to get to it > to find out what its status was, how would this be done? > > In the specific case, I have an application that is spawned by a web > service method running independently of the service. I want to be able > to run another process that will check to see if the spawned app is > running in the system, and get its status, preferably from the running > application itself. > > My initial design has the spawned app writing its status to a text file > as it processes, and the second process checking the file to see what is > going on, but I would like to be able to check to see if the spawned > process is currently running, and if possible retrieve information from > it about its status or operations. > > The web service method starts up the offline process as follows: > > ParameterizedThreadStart pts = new > ParameterizedThreadStart(OfflineProcess); > Thread proxyThread = new Thread(pts); > proxyThread.Start(batchTransmission); > > Whereupon it returns a response to the webservice consumer and > terminates while the proxyThread continues to execute in the background. > It is this proxyThread I want to communicate with. > > Any ideas? > > Mike > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor(R) http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
