A capability supported by some operating systems that allows one process to communicate with another process. The processes can be running on the same computer or on different computers connected through a network. It enables one application to control another application, and for several applications to share the same data without interfering with one another.
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any alternative to CPDistributedMessagingCenter on OS X?
I want something like this: http://iphonedevwiki.net/index.php/CPDistributedMessagingCenter
to send and receive some NSString between processes synchronously
but CPDistributedMessagingCenter is only available on iOS.
Can someone give me suggestions…
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Proper coordination of state between 2 processes
I have 2 processes that i'd like to synchronize:
The first process (client) launches another process (a server app that starts some WCF services), and waits for it to reach a certain state.
I'd like the client process to start the server, and block…

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How can I use a Boost Interprocess allocator with a CGAL Nef_polyhedron_3?
There are two types of 3D polys in CGAL, Polyhedron, and Nef_polyhedron. The former allows one to specify an allocator as its fourth…

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Receiving messages via python while doing other work
I have a python script A and a python script B.
Both of them are running independently. I want, as soon as script B finishes execution, it should send a message to script A, "B Done".
A simple message could have been sent by sockets et al.…
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Calling a RPC function in a running Windows service (process) using Python
I have Windows service (acts as a server) that I want to test using Python scripts. This service is written in C++ and exposes several RPC functions that other services consume. I want to mock those other services using my Python program and call…

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Problems sending/handling signals across two processes on same computer - C programming
I'm having trouble handling signals between two process I have running on my computer. scheduler.c is sending the signals and producer.c receiving them. The producer is supposed to print "Printing n" where n is incremented by one each time a SIGUSR1…

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Is it possible to communicate through a COM object?
Is it possible for 2 exes to communicate through a COM (ActiveX?) interface? Can a COM DLL coordinate data-sharing between 2 seperate processes?
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Limiting .NET Class to single object instance on computer boundary => "inter-process singleton"
I want to have one object of some .NET class used by multiple processes on same computer.
Having Application domains, it is not easily possible to move across that boundary, but memory-mapped files in .NET 4.0 should ease that task in some…

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Unlock a thread from another process, in c++
I'm programming an interprocess communication module (Process A and Process B).
Is there any way the communication thread in B can run (be unlock) as soon as process A finishes a specific action, I mean without B doing any polling nor B waiting too…

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Boost interprocess lib lib performance issue with named mutex
Is there a konwn issue with boost interprocess lib with named mutex, boost version 1.36.
Basically we do:
#define BT_MY_LOCK "XX_BT_MY_LOCK_XX"
#define WAIT_LOCK named_mutex myLock(open_or_create, BT_TICKET_LIB_LOCK); \
boost::posix_time::ptime…

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Pass commands to .NET GUI from external editor
I there any way to start an instance of a C# .NET-program and then call it again using a command-line option to, for example, insert a text in a text box?
Use case:
1) Double click / start: MyProgram.exe (will start the GUI)
2) From command line:…

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Where is boost's managed_external_buffer defined?
In boost/interprocess/managed_external_buffer.hpp, a template class basic_managed_external_buffer is defined, yet I can't manage to find the actual definition of the managed_external_buffer class (which I guess simply inherits from the previous one…

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I know pantheios is thread-safe but is it interprocess safe?
I know pantheios is thread-safe & I have used it fine but is it interprocess safe ?
Meaning could different module(differnt exes) logging to the same logging file safely at the same time?
If so do I need to set up any special setting for it ?
BTW…

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most efficient inter-process call between PHP and C daemon
I have a REST API backed by PHP, that calls a C program. Depending on the inputs, the C program returns JSON data, and the PHP reads the output and directly sends it back to the client.
The code is essentially:
$command = $binary . " " .…

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How to add CLIPC library in netbeans 7.0
CLIPC is a library for interprocess communication in Java.
I have downloaded it from https://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=255796
There were 3 files inside the downloaded zip file.
clipc.dll,
clipc.jar and
libclipc.so
Now…

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