C#

Ian Klek wrote:

Any tips to get started?

• Install
• Fiddle around
• Realize how it bogs down Visual Studio
• Uninstall
  
  

Crazy Joe Devola wrote:

The client is unable to connect to the server.

hPipe=CreateFile("\\.\pipe\mypipe", 
                 GENERIC_WRITE,//GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
                 0,
                 NULL,
                 OPEN_EXISTING,
                 0,
                 NULL) ;

if ( hPipe!=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) 
{
    return 0; //Success!!!
}

err = GetLastError();
if(err!=ERROR_PIPE_BUSY)
{
    printf("Could not open pipe, GetLastError=%u\n", err);
    return -1 ;
        }

hPipe=CreateFile("\\\\.\\pipe\\mypipe", 
                 GENERIC_WRITE,//GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
                 0,
                 NULL,
                 OPEN_EXISTING,
                 0,
                 NULL) ;

"\\\\.\\pipe\\mypipe"

NamedPipeServerStream pipeServer = new NamedPipeServerStream("\\\\.\\pipe\\mypipe", PipeDirection.In, 1, PipeTransmissionMode.Byte, PipeOptions.Asynchronous);

// Wait for a connection
pipeServer.BeginWaitForConnection(new AsyncCallback(WaitForConnectionCallBack), pipeServer);

hPipe=CreateFile("\\\\.\\pipe\\mypipe",
                  GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
                  0,
                  NULL,
                  OPEN_EXISTING,
                  0,
                  NULL) ;
 if ( hPipe!=INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 {
     return 0; //Success!!!
 }

 err = GetLastError();
 if(err!=ERROR_PIPE_BUSY)
 {
     printf("Could not open pipe, GetLastError=%u\n", err);
     return -1 ;
 }

 printf("Could not open pipe, GetLastError=%u. WaitNamedPipe.\n", err);
 if(! WaitNamedPipe(pipe_name,2000))
 {
     printf("Could not open pipe\n");
     return -1 ;
 }