Inter-Process communication between two winRT apps(metro style apps)

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HI,
My requirement is to communicate information between metro style foreground app and background process which is also winRT app and vice versa. For example if an event occurs in foreground app i want to send that information to the background process and get response from it.Please help in achieving this communication.If can please provide some code sniplets telling how to achieve this in c++.

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Posted 16-Apr-13 21:37pm

vibha.nagraj

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«_Superman_» · Answer 1 · 2013-04-17T16:09:00

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Inter process communication is not allowed for Windows Store apps.
Store apps are designed to be isolated.

The only other way is by using the explicitly defined contracts like Search, Share etc.
Read about the contracts here - App contracts and extensions[^]

Posted 17-Apr-13 16:09pm

«_Superman_»