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[cbelcher]

Good afternoon everyone, I want to thank anyone in advance that can give me a hand.

Heres the question: I wrote a simple little media player making calls to the quartz.dll. Now I want to extend this application so as to be able to have the front end on one pc (my Wireless Toshiba 3500 Tablet pc) and control this application on a remote server. I want to be able to hit play on the remote pc and it would play the file (via DCOM or maybe .NETs remoteng) on the server.

Questions
1. Is this doable?
2. If someone thinks it is. What are your suggestions for getting started?

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[Derek Stone]

I think the System.Net namespace would actually provide you with an easier implementation. All you have to do is establish a connection using the Sockets class and send a simple "play" message. If you need help using this namespace please post here.

 

[cbelcher]

Im going to try it!

I see some code on MSDN for a HTTP request using the socket class. So I guess I can figure out the client side sending the play message. But what about the server side? Do I need to use the TCPlistener Class?

 

[Derek Stone]

Please post socket questions in the Network forum. Thank you.

 

[cbelcher]

Will do!

Will do! Thanks for your help!