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Introduction

Features

Concept

Usage

Implementation

Test

Version

Conclusion

Introduction

The distributed object has to be properly hosted by the application domain process such as Web Server, Console, Windows Form or Windows Service before using it. The host process requires configuration of a remoting infrastructure to enable consuming the published objects. The remoting configuration can be done programmatically or administratively. Using the config file to administrate an application deployment is a preferable and recommended way to easy mapped the logical application model to its physical implementation.

The Remoting Management Console (RMC) is an administrative tool to create and configure a remoting host process built as a windows service. The console has a mechanism to create a windows service on the fly including its configuration file. Using the properly snap-in nodes the config file can be administratively finalized based on the application requirements before the host process starts. On the other hand, the RMC is also very useful tool for administrating (tuning phase) already deployed the distributed application modifying the contents of the host process config files. This article describes a usage and implementation of the Remoting Management Console tool.

Features

Remoting Management Console

Basically the RMC snap-in control is divided into the following activities:

Host Process

Scanning an installed host processes
Creating and installing a new host process
Creating a host process configuration file
Controlling the host process such as start, stop and restart
Receiving the host process Event Logs

Config File

Creating or modifying the remoting section
Creating or modifying appSettings
Creating or modifying configSections
Declaration of the configSections
Declaration of the Channels
Declaration of the ChannelSinkProviders

Inside of the remoting section the following sections are managed:

Lifetime
Service
Channels
ClientProviders
ServerProviders

Drag&Drop Feature

There are few places where the drag&drop can be used to enter an existing assembly:

HostProcesses result view panel to drop the host process
RemoteObjects result view panel to drop the assembly of the remote object

Additionally, the drag&drop can be used within the configSection to move or copy nodes in the root.

Concept

The concept of the RMC is based on the following:

Remoting host process is a windows service
Remoting configuration is driven by the config file
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to host the RMC snap-in

Using the windows service to host remoting objects is straightforward. The standard boilerplate generated by .Net wizard has been extended for a remoting registration and un-registration parts like it's shown in the following code snippet:

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
   if(args.Length == 1) Thread.Sleep(Convert.ToInt32(args[0]));
   RemotingConfiguration.Configure(
                 AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);
}
protected override void OnStop()
{
   foreach(IChannel objChannel in ChannelServices.RegisteredChannels)
      ChannelServices.UnregisterChannel(objChannel);
}

When the windows service receives a Start command, the OnStart action is invoked to perform a remoting configuration from the config file. On the other side, the OnStop action will clean-up all listeners hosted by this service included their worker threads.

The host process (windows service) must have a unique name registered on the local machine. The RMC has a mechanism to create a unique host process on the fly based on the application requirements. Practically, the host process template source is modified in the variable places before its compiling (see Implementation)

Once the host process has been created, the RMC will control its state such as start, stop and restart using the MMC environment.

In the case of the existing non-installed host process, the RMC has a drag&drop capability making its entry to the catalog. The other hand, the already installed host processes are scanned and added into the snap-in. Notice that the host process need to have an implementation of the derived Installer class attributed with RunInstaller(true) to make its installation rsp. un-installation service automatically.

The initiate config file image is generated from the template HostProcessTemplate.exe.config file located in the %windir%/system32 folder. It's very easy to replace it for another one with custom pre-built common configuration. The RMC has many features for administrating this config file using the snip-in layout.

The RMC is a stateless snap-in in the MMC environment. Each node is updated on the runtime based on the host process status and contents of the config file. Thanks for MMCLib library developed by http://www.ironringsoftware.com to make my life easy to handle a unmanaged MMC code. I made some slightly modification of the MMCLib for my needs, that's why I included its source in my solution. Basically, the MMCLib handles a snap-in such as creating nodes and processing their events. The following picture show that:

Design pattern between the snap-in node and users form

Based on the menu selection, for instance: New -> Remote Object, the snap-in delegates call to the properly event handler (OnNewTask) to perform the specific action. In this case, the windows form is popup to enter necessary attributes requested by the remoting service section in the config file. After pressing the Apply button on the form, the config file is updated and snap-in is notified via its handler - OnUser. This scenario is repeated mostly for all node's activities.

Usage

The RMC requires to be installed by the RemotingManagementConsole.msi file. The windows installer will perform all necessary tasks such as RMC snap-in, MMCLib.dll and MMCFormsShim.dll registration included creating its desktop folder. Opening this folder and clicking on the RemotingManagementConsole.msc icon, the Remoting Management Console will show up with the snap-in of all the installed host processes on your machine. The screen snippet has been shown in the previously chapter.

Let me suppose that we have a remote object and its consumer ready to deploy them. Before the actually work, the remoting object is necessary be hosted and published by windows service host process.

What we need to do?

create a windows host process
publish a remoting object in the remoting service tag
create a channel to listen an incoming remoting messages (IMessages)

Additionally, based on the application requirements:

adding server Sinks (formatter, provider)
creating an appSettings for configuration purposes (key/value pairs)
creating specific config sections

When the configuration process is done, the host process is ready to start. Using the Event Log we can see a process of the remoting configuration. Based on the detail event log message is easy to figure out which attribute in the config file caused the problem.

Now, if we know what the remoting configuration needs, let handle this task do it by RMC. Here are its steps:

Step A. Create a new host process

Select the Remoting Host Processes node in the snap-in area
Right-click on the node
Select New and click Process
The following Form dialog will show-up
Change the Name properties, for instance: HostProcess_Sample
Press button CREATE

Now we have a host process installed as a windows service and initiate image of the host process config file. The RMC snap-in created automatically static nodes for this host process:

lifetime
RemoteObjects
Channels
appSettings
configSections

The above nodes represent xml sections in the host process remoting config file. For the next step we are going to administrate them based on the application requirements.

Step B. Publishing Remote Object

Select the RemoteObjects node in the HostProcess_Sample root
Right-click on the node
Select New and click Remote Object
The following Form dialog will show-up
Populate all attributes on the Form
Press button APPLY

The other, shortcut way (skipping the steps 1-3) is to use a Drag&Drop feature when the remote object exist. The following steps explain that:

Drag the assembly of the Remote Object, which you what to publish it from its folder
Drop the assembly on the RemoteObjects result view (right panel)
follow the above instruction steps 4 - 6 to finalize the entry process.

Step C. Configuring Channel

Select the Channels node in the HostProcess_Sample root
Right-click on the node
Select New and click Remoting channel
The following Form dialog will show-up
Populate necessary attributes on the Form (see below notes)
Press button APPLY

Notes:

When your application using a standard channel, for instance: tcp, enter the port number (must be unique on the machine) and leave empty the other attributes.
The channel can be configured using the already registered channels (machine.config and host process config) or typing its type in this element. See the checkBox and comboBox features.
On the bottom of the Form is displayed the finally element for config file.
The textBox More can be used to add any specific attributes using the name/value pair, for instance: priority="1" myProperty="myValue"

Now, we have a basic configuration of the host process for our remote object. Of course, we can continue to make more advance configuration. I assume you have a knowledge of the remoting configuration and MMC to allow you easy figure out usage of the others nodes in the RMC snap-in.

Let's continue with our basic configuration. As the next step is to start the host process.

Step D. Start Host Process

Select the HostProcess_Sample node in the snap-in area
Right-click on the node
Select All Task and click Start
The Form dialog will show the progress of the starting process
Check the Host Process result view (right panel) for the Event Log Messages

To Stop or Restart the host process follow the same steps as for Start one.

Refreshing snap-in

Each static node in the snap-in has a Refresh menu item to perform a updating result view and snap-in at the selected level. There is one special Refresh at the snap-in root. In this case the RMC is invoking the scanner of the installed host processes (windows services) on the local machine and refreshing a completely snap-in. You can use also the key F5 to invoke the refresh task.

Implementation

The RMC Solution is divided into the following projects:

MMCLib this is a modified 3rd party software to handle unmanaged MMC code, http://www.ironringsoftware.com
ConfigFileLib to handle contents of the configuration file
HostProcessLib to handle host process such as start, stop, create, install, etc.
InstallClassRegAsm is a helper install class for custom action
InstallClassRegsrv32 is a helper install class for custom action
RemotingManagementConsole is a msi installation project
RemotingManagement this is a snap-in implementation. There are 17 forms and user controls to handle the snap-in activities.

Note that all projects except the RemotingManagement are re-usable, for instance: HostProcessLib can be used for programmatically creating a host process on the fly in your application, etc.

The following code snippet show an implementation of the creating a host process on the fly:

public string Create(string strServiceName, string strServiceDesc, 
                     bool bStartAutomatic, bool bTrayIcon, 
                     string strAssemblyName) 
{
   string strAssemblyFile = null;

   //--- create service ---

   ServiceSrcCode ssc = new ServiceSrcCode();
   string strServiceSrcCode = ssc.GetSrcCodeForService(strServiceName, 
                                                       strServiceDesc, 
                                                       bStartAutomatic, 
                                                       bTrayIcon);

   string strOutputAssembly = string.Format(@"{0}.exe", strAssemblyName);

   // assembly compilation.

   string[] strArrayReferences = {
      "System.dll", 
      "System.Data.dll", 
      "System.ServiceProcess.dll", 
      "System.Configuration.Install.dll" }; 
   CompilerParameters cp = new CompilerParameters();
   cp.ReferencedAssemblies.AddRange(strArrayReferences);
   cp.GenerateExecutable = true;
   cp.GenerateInMemory = false; 
   cp.OutputAssembly = strOutputAssembly; 
   cp.WarningLevel = 4;
   cp.IncludeDebugInformation = false; 
   ICodeCompiler icc = new CSharpCodeProvider().CreateCompiler();
   CompilerResults cr = icc.CompileAssemblyFromSource(cp, strServiceSrcCode);

   if(cr.Errors.Count > 0)
   {
      foreach(string s in cr.Output) 
      {
         Trace.WriteLine(s);
      }
      throw new Exception(string.Format("Build failed: {0} errors", 
                                         cr.Errors.Count)); 
   }
   //cr.TempFiles.KeepFiles = true;

   strAssemblyFile = cp.OutputAssembly;

   return strAssemblyFile;
}

The above function is using the ServiceSrcCode class to generate a properly source code of the requested host process from its template:

#region windows service template text
const string strSrcTmplService = "namespace RemotingHostService" + 
"{ " +
   "using System;" + 
   "using System.Collections;" +
   "using System.ComponentModel;" +
   "using System.Data;" +
   "using System.Diagnostics;" +
   "using System.ServiceProcess;" +
   "using System.Runtime.Remoting;" +
   "using System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels;" +
   "using System.Threading;" +
   "public class Service : ServiceBase" + 
   "{" +
      "private Container components = null;" +
      "public Service()" +
      "{"+
         "components = new Container();" +
         "this.ServiceName = \"SERVICE_NAME\";" +
      "}" +
      "static void Main()" +
      "{" + 
         "ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;" +
         "ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] { new Service() };" +
         "Run(ServicesToRun);" +
      "}" +
      "protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)" +
      "{" +
         "if(disposing) { if(components != null) components.Dispose(); }" +
         "base.Dispose(disposing);"+
       "}" +
       "protected override void OnStart(string[] args)" +
       "{" +
           "if(args.Length == 1) Thread.Sleep(Convert.ToInt32(args[0]));" + 
           "RemotingConfiguration.Configure(AppDomain.CurrentDomain." + 
                                     "SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);" +
       "}" +
       "protected override void OnStop()" +
       "{" +
          "foreach(IChannel objChannel in ChannelServices.RegisteredChannels)" + 
             "ChannelServices.UnregisterChannel(objChannel);" +
       "}" +
   "}\r\n" +
   "[RunInstaller(true)]" +
   "public class ProjectInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer" +
   "{" +
      "private ServiceProcessInstaller serviceProcessInstaller1;" +
      "private ServiceInstaller serviceInstaller1;" +
      "public ProjectInstaller() {InitializeComponent();}" +
      "private void InitializeComponent()" +
      "{" +
        "this.serviceProcessInstaller1 = new ServiceProcessInstaller();" +
        "this.serviceInstaller1 = new ServiceInstaller();"+
        "this.serviceProcessInstaller1.Account = ServiceAccount.LocalSystem;" +
        "this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName = \"SERVICE_NAME\"; " +
        "this.serviceInstaller1.StartType = SERVICE_START;" +
        "this.Installers.AddRange(new System.Configuration.Install.Installer[]" +
        "{this.serviceProcessInstaller1, this.serviceInstaller1});" +
      "}" + 
      "public override void Install(IDictionary stateServer)" +
      "{" +
        "Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey system, currentControlSet, services, " +
               "service; " + 
        "base.Install(stateServer);" +
        "system = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(\"System\");" +
        "currentControlSet = system.OpenSubKey(\"CurrentControlSet\");" +
        "services = currentControlSet.OpenSubKey(\"Services\");" +
        "service = services.OpenSubKey(this.serviceInstaller1.ServiceName, " + 
                "true);" +
        "service.SetValue(\"Description\", \"SERVICE_DESCRIPTION\");" +
        "SERVICE_TRAYICON" +
      "}" +
   "}" +
"}";
#endregion

The template requires to customize its entries such as SERVICE_NAME, SERVICE_START, SERVICE_DESCRIPTION and SERVICE_TRAYICON to finalize the host process code. This task is performed using the string.replace function.

As I mentioned early, the RemotingManagement contains many forms and user controls to handle a particular snap-in node. Basically, their implementations has the same design pattern based on the event driven mechanism. You can see it in the following code snippet how the lifetime node handle it:

#region Lifetime
protected BaseNode CreateLifetimeNodeTree(BaseNode parentNode, 
                                           string nodeName, bool bRefresh)
{
   FormNode node = new FormNode(this);
   node.ControlType
                = Type.GetType("RKiss.RemotingManagement.PropertiesControl");
   node.DisplayName = nodeName; 
   node.Tag = parentNode.Tag;
   node.OpenImageIndex = intLifetimeImage;
   node.ClosedImageIndex = intLifetimeImage;

   //---add/insert this node

   if(bRefresh)
      node.Insert(parentNode);
   else
     parentNode.AddChild(node);

   node.OnSelectScopeEvent
                       += new NodeNotificationHandler(OnSelectEvent_Lifetime);
   node.OnQueryPropertiesEvent
                   += new NodeNotificationHandler(OnQueryProperties_Lifetime);

   //---this is a post-process notification from the user form

   node.OnUserEvent += new NodeNotificationHandler(OnUserEvent_Lifetime);

   return node;
}

private void OnSelectEvent_Lifetime(object sender, NodeEventArgs args)
{
   BaseNode selNode = sender as BaseNode;

   //---checkpoint

   Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("OnSelectEvent: sender={0}", 
                   selNode.DisplayName));

   //---ask snap-in for the following buttons 

   IConsoleVerb icv; 
   selNode.Snapin.ResultViewConsole.QueryConsoleVerb(out icv);
   icv.SetVerbState(MMC_VERB.PROPERTIES, MMC_BUTTON_STATE.ENABLED, 1);

   //---status text

   selNode.Snapin.ResultViewConsole.SetStatusText("The lifetime properties" + 
       "of the remote singleton and activated objects in the application.");
}

protected void OnQueryProperties_Lifetime(object sender, NodeEventArgs e)
{
   BaseNode selNode = sender as BaseNode;

   //---checkpoint

   Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("OnQueryProperties: sender={0}", 
                                 selNode.DisplayName));

   //---action

   string strConfigFilePath = Convert.ToString(selNode.Tag) + ".config";
   LifetimeForm formLT = new LifetimeForm(selNode, selNode.DisplayName, 
                                           strConfigFilePath);
   formLT.Show();
}

private void OnUserEvent_Lifetime(object sender, NodeEventArgs args)
{
   try 
   {
      //---inputs

      BaseNode node = sender as BaseNode;
      NameValueArgs nva = args as NameValueArgs;
      string strCheckpoint = nva.Key;
      string strLifetimeName = Convert.ToString(nva.Val);

      //---checkpoint

      Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("User Event: sender={0}, checkpoint={1},
         val={2}", node.DisplayName, strCheckpoint, strLifetimeName));

      //---refresh and set scope 

      node.Snapin.ResultViewConsole.SelectScopeItem(node.HScopeItem); 
   }
   catch(Exception ex) 
   {
      Trace.WriteLine(string.Format("OnUserEvent_Lifetime - failed, " + 
                      "error = {0}",  ex.Message));
   }
}
#endregion

The CreateLifetimeNodeTree method has responsibility to create node in the snap-in and subscribe the requested delegates such as

OnSelectEvent_Lifetime to handle activities when user click this node
OnQueryProperties_Lifetime to handle a request to pop-up a properties form
OnUserEvent_Lifetime to handle a post-process of the user form

Test

I created a separate solution to test the RMC:

InterfaceSample - interface contract
RemotingObjectSample - remote object
WindowsFormClient - consumer

As you can see this test solution doesn't have a host server project, that's why the RMC comes to create one. The client is a simple windows form to ask a remote object for the specific section in the config file. Here is its screen shot:

Remoting Management Console

Note that the msi file will install also this test sample, so it's easy to click for the WindowsFormClient icon in the RMC desktop folder to start test it.

Version

This is a pre-view version of the Remoting Management Console. I decided to release it before finishing all features what I have in my plan:

incorporate the Remoting Probe
help project
drag&drop pre-configured channels and sinks
creating a library of the custom channels and sinks
enterprise version
improve users interface

Conclusion

In this article I described a tool hosted by MMC that allows to administrate any remoting object without writing its host process. The Remoting Management Console tool will create automatically a remoting host process including its configuration file. The RMC becomes very useful tool especially during the deployment phase, where a configuration of the distributed objects need to be tuned based on the deployment environment.

The release version with features such as remoting probe and enterprise support to allow administrate the remoting host process remotely will give you a powerful administration tool for your product.

[1] Format for .NET Remoting Configuration Files

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HOW TO DEPLOY SNAP-IN MMC 3.0?

surajkikiran

3:52 3 Oct '07

Hi friends, How to deploy it. I have used following tech. MMC 3.0 .NET 2.0 VS 2005 PLS KIRAN
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Are you going to update with MMC 3.0?

li_robert

16:09 23 Mar '07

This is an amazing tool implemented with MMC (which version is it?). MS has released MMC SDK 3.0. If possible, please update it with the latest MMC.
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2000 vs XP

the_yavuz

21:18 3 Jul '06

I couldnt run RMC on XP, but I could run it on 2000. On XP, when I try to create a new process, "Build failed: 1 errors" box appears. Why do you think this happen? I have all tried, what I have read on the previous threads, but doesnt work, thanks in advance
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how to generate the file "RemotingManagementConsole.msc"

xiaxiaxia

23:38 28 Apr '06

thk u
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How to debug this program

philipsslg

15:08 8 Dec '05

tell me!!! philip
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Snap-in failed to initialize

unbekannt2102

2:28 7 Aug '05

Hello, everybody! After installing RMC using the MSI Setup Program I'm always getting the same nasty 'Snap-in failed to initialize' error (Details: Name: / CLSID:{D61EB29B-6371-49B9-9629-5E6B3685C1CD} when I start the mmc. Can anybody help me? Thanks in advance!
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Installation

amatyasik

23:46 28 Sep '04

This product is a great tool to use Remoting but.. I'm not a guru in deployment and C++, but i try to understand why there are some difference in deployment between Win2k (work great) and Win XP Pro (i'm not success now ).... I somebody could help me and explain... Thanks in advance Alex
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Re: Installation

BrianKeyes

8:59 11 Oct '04

Im having the same problem. Im not able to get it to work under XP. Getting:

The description for Event ID ( 11001 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Product: RemotingManagementConsole -- Error 1001. Exception occurred while initializing the installation:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name MMCFormsShim.dll, or one of its dependencies, was not found.., (NULL), (NULL), (NULL).

I downloaded the MMCFormsShim.dll from the MMC .NET Library (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mmclibrary/) and registered it using regsvr32 MMCFormsShim.dll but am still getting the same error. Any insight would be helpful

Brian

Re: Installation

Beskur

20:53 8 Nov '04

Although RMC is an incredibly useful tool as of now the installation software is somewhat unreliable on WinXP and WinXP Server 2003.
To install RMC successfully follow this procedure:
1) Create a directory to install RMC into (e.g. C:\RemoteManagementConsole\bin ) make sure to also create a bin directory as this is where the installation program will install files to.
2) Copy MMCFormsShim.dll (136 KB) to the new directory and manually register it using regsvr32 (e.g. regsvr32 MMCFormsShim.dll)
3) At this point you will be safe to run the RemotingManagementConsole.msi follow the instructions on the screen however don’t forget to change your install path to the path you created in step 1 (e.g. C:\RemoteManagementConsole )
Prior to confirmation you may still receive an error just ignore the error dialog and click continue.
RMC will install a shortcut on your desktop. Use this shortcut to open the RMC GUI and verify that all is working.
From here you can register new Remoting Servers, edit configurations, and remove servers

We spent a lot of time going through the installer code to fix the bug to no avail, however, the above description should work as we are currently using RMC on XP and Server 2003.

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Re: Installation

Anonymous

17:03 6 Sep '05

if you check the item "Install Source",your installation will be successful.
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kicks butt

Beskur

16:54 18 Aug '04

;PThis kicks all know from of $%# (butt). I had some troubles with the installation, however, on Server 2003. Where can I send you money Beskur
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Re: kicks butt

Beskur

16:58 18 Aug '04

opps.. I meant 'all known forms of @#! (butt)
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Installation error

Kant

10:17 5 Mar '04

While installing your tool, I get the following error.

Exception occurred while initializing the installation:System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name Remote, or one of its dependencies, was not found.

What could be the problem?

I got VS.NET 2003 and Windows XP Pro.

TIA

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Re: Installation error

nls

8:04 7 Mar '04

I just downloaded and installed the msi file on my fresh XP box (.Net 1.1) and it works. Could you provide more details. Thanks Roman Kiss
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Re: Installation error

Kant

10:05 12 Mar '04

Sorry I couldn't reply earlier due to recent intermittent connection problems at CP.

Apart from the error I mentioned before, I got nothing else.

I was trying to install the tool and during the installation the error popped up in dialog box, click OK on that dialog canceled the whole installation process.

Is there any log file the installation process creates?

I will try and download the source and compile the project. Let's see if that works or not.

Thanks for prompt response.

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Re: Installation error

Kant

13:38 12 Mar '04

Some more information from Event Log:

Type: Information
Product: RemotingManagementConsole -- Installation failed.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Type: Error
The description for Event ID ( 11001 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Product: RemotingManagementConsole -- Error 1001. Exception occurred while initializing the installation:
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: File or assembly name Remote, or one of its dependencies, was not found.., (NULL), (NULL), (NULL), (NULL), (NULL), (NULL).

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got error while compiling of RMC sorce

sivamega9731

2:49 19 Feb '04

i got fallowing error while trying to compile RMC sorce code . pls send how to slove this problem. COM Interop registration failed. Error loading type library/DLL. Could not copy temporary files to the output directory. The file 'MMCLib.dll' cannot be copied to the run directory. The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. sivamega9731
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Re: got error while compiling of RMC sorce

Lev Rakhman

10:39 9 Mar '04

That is becase Visual Studio is lacking files that bigger then 64K. Close Studio, and delete this file from bin folder
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How to get selected items in result panel under ReportNode

Alex Cherkasov

3:32 31 Oct '03

Cannot figure out how to return list of selected items from the result panel.
I use ReportNode bouded to DataTable. (Also I have set an option of result pane to allow multiselection). So, my question is: Is there a way to know which result items (rows) are selected in a ListView? What if I use some other data source (like typed data collection) instead of DataTable to bound with the result ListView?

Thanks,
Alex

String performance

David Stone

9:16 11 Oct '03

I was re-reading this article and I noticed that you're concatenating a huge amount of strings when you do this:

#region windows service template text
const string strSrcTmplService = "namespace RemotingHostService" + 
"{ " +
   "using System;" + 
   "using System.Collections;" +
   "using System.ComponentModel;" +
   "using System.Data;" +
   "using System.Diagnostics;" +
   "using System.ServiceProcess;" +
   "using System.Runtime.Remoting;" +
   "using System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels;" +
   "using System.Threading;" +
   "public class Service : ServiceBase" + 
   "{" +
      "private Container components = null;" +
      "public Service()" +
      "{"+
         "components = new Container();" +
         "this.ServiceName = \"SERVICE_NAME\";" +
      "}" +
      "static void Main()" +
      "{" + 
         "ServiceBase[] ServicesToRun;" +
         "ServicesToRun = new ServiceBase[] { new Service() };" +
         "Run(ServicesToRun);" +
      "}" +
      "protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)" +
      "{" +
         "if(disposing) { if(components != null) components.Dispose(); }" +
         "base.Dispose(disposing);"+
       "}" +
       "protected override void OnStart(string[] args)" +
       "{" +
           "if(args.Length == 1) Thread.Sleep(Convert.ToInt32(args[0]));" + 
           "RemotingConfiguration.Configure(AppDomain.CurrentDomain." + 
                                     "SetupInformation.ConfigurationFile);" +
       "}" +
       "protected override void OnStop()" +
       "{" +
          "foreach(IChannel objChannel in ChannelServices.RegisteredChannels)" + 
             "ChannelServices.UnregisterChannel(objChannel);" +
       "}" +
   "}\r\n" +
   "[RunInstaller(true)]" +
   "public class ProjectInstaller : System.Configuration.Install.Installer" +
   "{" +
      "private ServiceProcessInstaller serviceProcessInstaller1;" +
      "private ServiceInstaller serviceInstaller1;" +
      "public ProjectInstaller() {InitializeComponent();}" +
      "private void InitializeComponent()" +
      "{" +
        "this.

Remoting Management Console

Contents

Host Process

Config File

Drag&Drop Feature

Step A. Create a new host process

Step B. Publishing Remote Object

Step C. Configuring Channel

Step D. Start Host Process

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