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<DIV><SPAN class=864504422-07052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>May I
ask why sendmessage is not reliable? In what situation will cause sendmessage
fail to break the communication?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=864504422-07052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=864504422-07052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>TIA</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=864504422-07052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=864504422-07052007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Leigh</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Myles
Penlington<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 8 May 2007 10:29 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> NZ
Borland Developers Group - Delphi List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DUG] Sending
data between process on same computer on windows<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The
devil is in the detail in this kind of stuff, and your actual implementation
can have a great effect.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">As
implied, the best method will be to develop 2 or 3 different methods, test and
compare the results.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Myles.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Conor Boyd<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 8 May 2007
10:19<BR><B>To:</B> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [DUG] Sending data between process on same
computer on windows<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Sorry
Leigh, I haven't done enough testing with big volume messages to be able to
answer that for you.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I was
more interested in something that worked and was
reliable.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Cheers,</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Conor</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Leigh Wanstead<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">May I
ask which is faster, ipc or sendmessage?</SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz
[mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Conor
Boyd<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I
found the IPC functionality from madshi.net (</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://help.madshi.net/IPC.htm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">http://help.madshi.net/IPC.htm</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">) to
work very nicely.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">I
needed a way to send messages from a screensaver I was writing to another
process on the same box, and SendMessage didn't seem to work when a
screensaver was active (which I found strange, but anyway...), and the IPC
stuff from madshi works flawlessly.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">
delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@delphi.org.nz] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Leigh Wanstead<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> </SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">May I ask what is
the fastest way to send data between process on same computer on windows? I
assume sendmessage api faster than semaphore waiting, of course faster than
TCP/IP which will go through huge amounts of tcp/ip stack. I just want
lowest overhead on per call. Anyone have any experiences on
that?</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT
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