Interaction between Windows service and desktop ap

Question

I am developing a project which consists of a Windows service and a Desktop Application in C#.

The job of the Service are to monitor a set of Folders for any changes, and log the information to DB Monitor a set of files and if changed replace with original versions (similar like Windows File Protection)

The Desktop Application is used for

• Displaying the status of Service Function
• In Debug Mode (to display the trace of activities performed by Service)
• Configure Folders and Files

In this context, the major part is interaction between Service and the Desktop Application.

I have 2 choices 1. Remoting 2. WCF

Kindly suggest which is better and effective for my scenario, and how to trace in Debug Mode

Answer 1

I can't recommend any of your two choices, however I do recommend using Named Pipes, since this is the way of communication that I use in my Service - Application systems.

Check this SO answer for a quick example.