HiWe use an exe that runs on teh server - and we pass messages to it for various tasks.
I have a dll which users run to prepare an extract file from a database. When they have entered the form data and run the extract, I then want to do some database updates which take a few minutes. I don't want the user to have to wait, but instead be returned to the form, where they can do another extract or leave the program.
So what I want to do, is kick off a background task, which will do the database updates, passing in the necessary parameters. This could be a hidden task, or one that appears on the task bar, just as long as the user has control back to get on with another extract run in the same program. I've made a new dll and done a call to it, to do the database updates, but control is taken away while the called dll runs. How do I stop this happening and make it a separate process? Must I use an exe, or is it a switch on the dll? Do I have to use multi-threading?
Any ideas appreciated.
Cheers
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