I have done some testing and it appears that the framework does not call InitializeLifetimeService until just before returning the
object reference to the client.

I would like to use the ILease returned from InitializeLifetimeService in the server code before returning to the client.  I have
observed that a call to GetLifetimeService returns a null, so I put code in to explicitly call InitializeLifetimeService on my
newly created object.  I also put code in the override for InitializeLifetimeService to display when it was called and what the
state was.  I received two displays both with the state of Initial.  One from my explicit call and on from the framework as it was
returning to the client.

For this I would say that either
1) - I am totally messed up
   or
2) - You just can't do this

I would appreciate any understanding about this issue and/or a suggestion of a way that I can acquire and use an ILease prior to
the return to the client.
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Roy Chastain
KMSYS Worldwide, Inc.
http://www.kmsys.com