way to implement IPC

Question

what is the preferred way to implement IPC over windows ?

i know of several like : named pipe, shared memory, semaphors ? , maybe COM (though i\'m not sure how)...<

Answer 1

Either RPC / out-of-process COM or DCOM (which will eventually use RPC anyways) are the preferred way to do IPC in Windows unless you're doing something really simple - I've seen so many cases of people going down the named pipes route, and ending up basically reimplementing what DCOM gives you for free. Don't make the same mistake :)