Windows Service

[holtzy]

Is there anyway to send a variable to a Windows Service that is running on the same server as my ASP.NET page?

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Depends on the service - is it one you have written or an already existing one?

 

[Jay1b]

Starting from scratch, i would use web services. These are incredibly easy to do (well simple ones!).

 

[holtzy]

It's a service that I'm in the middle of writing. Can a web service have complete permissions to the local box (drives, printers, etc.)? I assumed it could not, which is why I went with a windows service. If a web service can, and it's easier, than maybe I should go with that instead.

 

[holtzy]

I ended up writing a windows service and a windows application for testing purposes and got it working just fine. But when I tried it from the same windows service & an asp.net page, it won't work. It never finds the pipe listening on the server. I've tried countless permissions and path changes thinking it's one of those, but none will work. What would cause the difference moving from a windows app to a asp.net page? (I'm new to asp.net)