Application Communication

Was unsure where to post this:

Hey

I am currently working on a project that requires the sending of data form my C# windows form application to another application called IOServer (www.ioserver.com). From what I have gathered from IOServer there are only three ways to communicate with it via my application:

1. DDE -unfortunately that has become obsolete but if it weren't would be so easy to use

2. OPC Data Access custom interface- this involves getting another application ( not appropriate in my case)

Leaving me with:

3. XML - unfortunately I don't know where to even begin with this one because I have never had to use it. All I am trying to do is send strings to IOServer. How do I establish communication with an application like this and send strings to it using XML Serialization

or is there another way? Regrettably I am not very savvy when it comes to programming so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

MissM

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Jan Montano19y ago
Hi Miss Moy,

You communicate to the other server through the use of sockets. Have a look at this article XML Based Communication library. Goodluck!

However, I find it easier if you learn socket programming in c# first, before proceeding with XML data via socket. Here's a simple article found on this site Socket Programming in C#.

Cheers,
Jan