I am trying to write string
data from a C++ module to a C# module using Named Pipe
.
My code is below:
C# (Pipe Server):
namespace CSPipe
{
class Program
{
public void ThreadStartServer()
{
// Create a name pipe
using (NamedPipeServerStream pipeStream = new NamedPipeServerStream("samplePipe"))
{
Console.WriteLine("[Server] Pipe created {0}", pipeStream.GetHashCode());
// Wait for a connection
pipeStream.WaitForConnection();
Console.WriteLine("[Server] Pipe connection established");
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(pipeStream))
{
string temp;
// We read a line from the pipe and print it together with the current time
while ((temp = sr.ReadLine()) != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", DateTime.Now, temp);
}
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Connection lost");
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Program Server = new Program();
Thread ServerThread = new Thread(Server.ThreadStartServer);
ServerThread.Start();
}
}
}
C++ (Pipe Client):
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
HANDLE hFile;
BOOL flg;
DWORD dwWrite;
char szPipeUpdate[200];
hFile = CreateFile(L"\\\\.\\pipe\\samplePipe", GENERIC_WRITE,
0, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING,
0, NULL);
strcpy(szPipeUpdate,"Data from Named Pipe client for createnamedpipe");
if(hFile == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
DWORD dw = GetLastError();
printf("CreateFile failed for Named Pipe client\n:" );
}
else
{
while(1)
{
flg = WriteFile(hFile, szPipeUpdate, strlen(szPipeUpdate), &dwWrite, NULL);
if (FALSE == flg)
{
printf("WriteFile failed for Named Pipe client\n");
}
else
{
printf("WriteFile succeeded for Named Pipe client\n");
}
FlushFileBuffers(hFile);
// CloseHandle(hFile);
}
}
getchar();
return 0;
}
WriteFile()
is returning immediately but the C# server is not getting any written pipe data. If I uncomment CloseHandle()
in the C++ code then the C# Server gets the pipe data. I don't want to close and open the pipe every time I write data into the pipe. Is there any way that I can open the pipe only once and do WriteFile()
whenever I have to write data into the pipe ?