static void Main(string[] args)
{
//This example only references the Proliferate library to use the ExecutableGenerator.
//Communication is done through WCF.
var childProcessMainMethod = typeof(ChildProcess).GetMethod("Start");
var exePath = ExecutableGenerator.Instance.GenerateExecutable(childProcessMainMethod,
ExecutableType.Default, "WCFLauncher");
var startInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(exePath)
{
CreateNoWindow = true, UseShellExecute = false
};
var w = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
var proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo);
ISomeService pipeProxy = null;
ChannelFactory <ISomeService> pipeFactory =
new ChannelFactory <ISomeService>(
new NetNamedPipeBinding()
{
OpenTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3), ReceiveTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)
},
new EndpointAddress("net.pipe://localhost/SomeService"));
//Don't know a better way to wait for the other end to be ready before calling CreateChannel().
//So just catch the EndpointNotFoundException and keep retrying.
while (true)
{
try
{
pipeProxy = pipeFactory.CreateChannel();
pipeProxy.DoSomethingWithAstring("Hello");
break;
}
catch (EndpointNotFoundException)
{}
}
Console.WriteLine("Time from process start until response received: " + w.Elapsed.ToString());
Console.ReadKey();
pipeProxy.Close();
}