Windows services c# to send its data to c# wpf Application

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I have a question regarding a Windows C# services. Is it possible for the window service to run in background and send/Receive its data to a C# standalone application with opened by a user. if so how is it that it can be done? Is there any other better ways for building a window service

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Yes this can be done, and there are several options. For inter-process communication - which is basically what you are asking for - you could consider WCF with NamedPipes or TCP, or a message queue (MSMQ, RabbitMQ etc).

Typically with a message queue the messages will queue if the service or client is not there, or with named pipes or TCP a current connection must be available.

WCF named pipe minimal example

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answered Feb 02 '16 at 10:27

James Willock

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RabbitMQ is free and a great tool. Been using it in production for routing messages for about 4 years with not a single issue. But if you just need to send to just a single client it's probably a bit overkill, as it really shines when routing messages to multiple clients. – Kelly Feb 02 '16 at 12:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 10:10

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Yes, it's possible. You can run a service like windows service, expose methods, and one or more client can use it.

One example is this.

Bye bye.

answered Feb 02 '16 at 10:10

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