How to access a program?

[peevee12]

Dear gurus,

Hi could I run a program for a computer on network by manipulating it on my code?

Example:
I have a program in my computer that will make appear a "hello" message in another computer.

How could I command my code? What is the syntax?

[Lubosenko]

Hi,
try to create a client application(will run on your PC) with a socket comunication and server application(start on remote PC) also with socket and exec(command), MexxageBox(string) for "Hallo" or define your own messages for handling what you want on remote PC.

lubo

[peevee12]

what should I do if I want to run a program in a client pc where in I'm using a remote pc? waht is the syntax? how could I path it?
example:
"d:\test...."

[John E]

Originally posted by peevee12
Example:
I have a program in my computer that will make appear a "hello" message in another computer.

I'm sure you'll have a perfectly legitimate intention here but you need to know that this kind of thing is considered illegal if you haven't obtained the recipient's permission.

Somewhere in the US a legal action has been brought against a company who were sending popup messages that advertised a program (which the recipient had to pay for) which would stop the messages from appearing. However, nobody would have needed the program if the company hadn't been sending unsolicited messages in the first place. The courts regard this kind of thing as being akin to an extortion racket and the company is apparently being prosecuted for extortion.

A few months ago I had the same problem myself from a UK based company calling itself the Chrysalis Group who kept sending popup network messages to my PC inviting me to subscribe to them so I could stop receiving the messages. I emailed them saying that there was already a major league corporation called the Chrysalis Group whose lawyers might be interested to know that they were trading under the same name. I received a very haughty reply saying that, in their view, the internet is a law unto itself and they would carry on sending the messages until I paid up. I reported them to a government department here called the Office of Fair Trading and I've never had a popup message since.

Of course, none of this might apply to you. Your application might be perfectly innocent - but be warned. If your app is intended for distributing spam and you get caught, you could end up in serious trouble.

[peevee12]

I'm creating a computer rental system that will automatically freeze the clients pc if his time elapsed.Just simple as this,I have no intention to make it in a bigger place..so please tel me how could I do this

[mjvalan]

Hi,

Try to develop a client program in MFC and also a server program.
Run your server always in your system. And put your client program in client system startup. So that your client program will be automatically started.
Use exitWindowsEx to shutdown the client machine or you can get the processes list of your client machine and you can close any process from your Server.

Use CSocket class for your Server and client program.
Regards
MJV