public MsgClient(string pipeName)
{
_pipeName = pipeName;
// Process.Start(@"..\..\..\DigitalIOControl\bin\Debug\DigitalIOControl.exe");
//ProcessStartInfo processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@"DigitalIOControl.exe");
//Process process = new Process();
//process.StartInfo = processStartInfo;
//if (process.Start())
//{
_client = TryOpenPipe();
//}
}
private NamedPipeClient <MessageContainer> TryOpenPipe()
{
NamedPipeClient <MessageContainer> client = null;
try
{
client = new NamedPipeClient <MessageContainer>(_pipeName);
client.ServerMessage += OnServerMessage;
client.Error += OnError;
client.Start();
}
catch
{
//TODO
}
return(client);
}
/// <summary>
/// Closes all open client connections and stops listening for new ones.
/// </summary>
public void Stop()
{
_shouldKeepRunning = false;
lock (_connections)
{
foreach (var client in _connections.ToArray())
{
client.Close();
}
}
// If background thread is still listening for a client to connect,
// initiate a dummy connection that will allow the thread to exit.
var dummyClient = new NamedPipeClient <TRead, TWrite>(_pipeName);
dummyClient.Start();
dummyClient.WaitForConnection(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
dummyClient.Stop();
dummyClient.WaitForDisconnection(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2));
}