information exchange

I need to pass information from one exe to another exe. Is it possible ?

If it is possible, can you give me idea to solve this problem.

here i need to send some string msg to another exe . the another exe should recive that msg and it should perform some operation depends on the that string msg...

From stackoverflow

• You can do this is a number of ways, so just to name a few:

  • Shared files
  • A common database
  • Remoting
  • Sockets
  • WCF

  so you probably have to be a bit more specific. What are you trying to accomplish?

  David Waters : named pipes would be another way to add to your list

  Jim Mischel : A registered Windows messages could work, too.

• With program A:
  Create a file.
  Write your data in it
  Close the file

  ---

  With program B:
  While(file_in_use or empty) wait
  Open the file
  Read the data you need
  Close the file

  ---

  There is probably a better way to do this. Perhaps with sockets? This is just the only one I am remembering since I just woke up.

  Ross Goddard : If you are doing it this way, you can always just use a file watcher and be notified when a file changes

• Hello, Remoting is what you need to be looking into though be aware that this strategy does differ in functionality between .Net 2.0 and .Net 3.0+.