Use Windows Service from a Windows form application

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I have a windows service that has a function, lets say

Sum(int a,int b)

How can I use this function from my windows form application?

I have created the service and application... but no idea how to communicate between them.. — Mohammad Rashid, Mar 18 '17 at 04:45
Googled for "C# call method in windows service": http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1979016/how-to-call-method-from-running-windows-service — Joshua Shearer, Mar 18 '17 at 04:54
Possible duplicate of [How to call method from running windows service](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1979016/how-to-call-method-from-running-windows-service) — rene, Mar 18 '17 at 06:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Do not use .NET Remoting. That technology is out-of-date.

If you are wanting to invoke the Sum() method in the Windows service from the client-side application, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) would be a logical choice. You can view my answer here for an example of how this might be done.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Mar 25 '17 at 07:04

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