How to communicate between ASP.NET & C# Application

Question

I am in the process of developing a project that will require communication both ways between a ASP.NET website and a C# Application.

For example if I wanted to click a button on an ASP.NET webpage to retrieve the status of something.

How could I implement this communication between them?

Please note I have never used ASP.NET before, hence my question.

Need more clarity on 'from where you intend to get the status'. From the description, it looks like you need a webservice. — Sangram Nandkhile, Nov 14 '13 at 11:59
please specify type of c#appliction i.e class library,console application,windows form application,web service etc — Cris, Nov 14 '13 at 12:01
I think I found what I was looking for: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/406096/A-beginners-tutorial-for-understanding-Windows — mitchellt, Nov 14 '13 at 12:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:01

You can use same database in both website and application. If you want to transfer something from application to website, like a file, then you will need a web service or WCF service. But your wish seems like a shared database by website and application.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:21

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I think You should go through this link.....it has all the basics of asp.net and c# in very easy manner compared to all the other websites.... http://www.w3schools.com/

answered Nov 14 '13 at 13:21

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 11:58

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You could make the C# application write data somewhere and have ASP.NET read it there. Either to a database (which makes the most sense), or to some file, like an XML or JSON.

answered Nov 14 '13 at 11:58

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:04

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Storing communication on a database seems like an easy way to do it.

You could use a webservice, but that would need to be hosted by the website. The application could still poll this to write and read when needed though.

answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:04

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:29

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I think I found what I was looking for:

A Beginner's Tutorial for Understanding Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/406096/A-beginners-tutorial-for-understanding-Windows

answered Nov 14 '13 at 12:29

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http://www.nullskull.com/q/10151332/communication-between-aspnet-web-application-and-a-console-application.aspx – mitchellt Nov 14 '13 at 12:37

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