Communications/Messaging system

[keyser_soze@usa]

I have several console applications that use the same shared library. The applications need to send custom messages to one another. Therefore I need to come up with some communications system to allow them to communicate. I will be using this code with multiple OSes but initially on Windows 2K and XP.

I'd like to communicate through a 'transport object’ that other objects can inherit. I can hide OS specific stuff in an abstraction layer and am considering using the Windows messaging system, but it appears that this is geared to GUI apps and the messages I need are all custom messages - not GUI.

So, finally to the point, what communications system have you used and would you recommend for this type of project?

Thanks for any and all suggestions.

KS

[NigelQ]

I'm sure there are several ways to do this (pipes etc.) but to allow the solution to be easily used across many platforms, I'd use a socket based communication method.

This should work nicely on most platforms, and should allow you to provide the layered support you describe.

Hope this helps,

- Nigel