Multi Process Architecture with C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO.Pipes;
using System.IO;

namespace MultiProcessIPCDemo
{
  class AppContext : ApplicationContext
  {
    private string m_ID;
    private NamedPipeClientStream m_PipeClientStream;
    System.Timers.Timer m_KeepAliveTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(2000);

    /// <summary>
    /// Constructor
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="paramID"></param>
    public AppContext(string paramID)
    {
      // Handle the ApplicationExit event to know when the application is exiting.
      Application.ApplicationExit += new EventHandler(Application_ApplicationExit);
      m_ID = paramID;
      
      StartIPC();

      m_KeepAliveTimer.Elapsed += new System.Timers.ElapsedEventHandler(m_KeepAliveTimer_Elapsed);
      m_KeepAliveTimer.Interval = 2000;
      m_KeepAliveTimer.Start();
    }   

    /// <summary>
    /// Sending message to the parent application
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="sender"></param>
    /// <param name="e"></param>
    void m_KeepAliveTimer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
    {      
      try
      {
        if (m_PipeClientStream.IsConnected)
        {
          StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(m_PipeClientStream);
          sw.WriteLine("Message from " + m_ID);
          sw.Flush();
          System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("KeepAlive was sent by " + m_ID);
        }        
      
      }
      catch(Exception ex)
      {        
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("pipeClient is disonnected for " + m_ID + "Error: " + ex.ToString());
        Application.Exit();
      }      
      
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Exiting the process
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="sender"></param>
    /// <param name="e"></param>
    void Application_ApplicationExit(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
      System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Application Exit " + m_ID);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Connectin to the IPC server
    /// </summary>
    void StartIPC()
    {
      System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Starting IPC client for " + m_ID);
      m_PipeClientStream = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", 
                                                m_ID,
                                                PipeDirection.InOut,
                                                PipeOptions.Asynchronous);      

      try
      {
        m_PipeClientStream.Connect(3000);
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("Connected to IPC server. " + m_ID);
      }
      catch(Exception ex)
      {
        System.Diagnostics.Trace.WriteLine("StartIPC Error for " + ex.ToString());
        return;
      }      
    }
  }

}