I have a problem with serializing IntPtr as an out parameter during
remote call - If I have a remote object with method that returns
IntPtr, then BinaryFormatter can't serialize the return message. I've
spent some time to research the problem (thanks .NET reflector)  and

Can I replace replication of text files over ftp with a web service?  I'd
like to elminate as much labor as possible, having the text files transfer
as soon as new ones are deposited in a folder.  Just need to know it's the
right path to pursue.  Yes/No

i am doing a project "remote desktop accessing"  with .net remoting. it
is working fine.
when server is behind the router, i am using the external ip address of
the router to access the server from anywhere( before ,i forward a port

I am having problems getting remoting working in a new environment.
I have an existing environment with a webapp tier, an application server
tier, and database tier.
The webapp talks to app tier via remoting using a serverfactory/inteface

I have a relatively simple client server app.  I would like to have my
client disconnect from the server once it has received the data.  Is
there a way to set the timeout or to call a disconect?  Again, I would
like this done from the client, not the server.  It is written in VB

I've written a windows service and service manager app that for works
ok.  The service contains a collection of objects that does all the
work.  What I would like to do is allow the service manager app gain
access to read the collection on thats on the service.  The service

When I'm trying to serialize CAO object (doesn't matter if on server or
client side, from the same or another thread...) I get the same
exception:
Type 'System.Runtime.Remoting.ServerIdentity' in Assembly 'mscorlib,

My server class manages an internal list of "attached" clients.
Whenever a request (i.e. method call on the server) is made from one
client, all other attached clients are notified asynchronously via a
callback they registered when "attaching".  This works great, but I'm

I have a very simple WinForm application that uses a Windows Service
(Remoting classes), all developed on VS 2005. The service is based on
SOAP/HTTP, and exposes 2 classes having some overloaded methods.
What's driving me crazy is: *why* the application+service works fine in some

i have a singleton(server activated)  remote object and a client app which
calls mothods of remote object. but after 5 minutes the remote object stops
working.So what should i do to keep that remote object serving to clients
till the server is on and runnig.

I have a Remoting client and a remoting Server. The Remoting client is
a long running process that every once in a while calls the remoting
server. How do I ideally find out if the Server has diconnected from
the client? I was thinking of making the client call some simple ping

I have a .NET Remoting solution. My remote objects are hosted in a Windows
Service on my remote server. My remote objects are configured for SingleCall
Server Activation, so instantiation on the client results in a proxy object
and the remote objects aren't instantiated on the ...

I got the following exception
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException: The input stream is not a
valid binary format. The starting contents (in bytes) are:
53-79-73-74-65-6D-2E-57-65-62-2E-48-74-74-70-45-78 ... Server stack trace: at

I need to write a application using .net remoting technology. The problem
here it that, i need to raise event to client. Image, server do some work
and send result to the client when it finished. How can i do it ?
Thanks all!

I'm trying to figure out how all of this is supposed to fit together.  I've
got a C/C++ application on a server, could be Unix, OpenVMS, or Windows -
definitely unmanaged, in every sense of the term - and it's sending real-time
data back to a desktop with a Visual BASIC .Net ...