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Timeout on a NamedPipe in C#

I have a couple of apps talking to each other, and I use a NamedPipe. But if the other app isn't available then the NamedPipe waits for ever to connect. It also doesn't support timeouts.

What's the right way to do this?

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Are you using the NamedPipeClientStream class? If so there is an overload of Connect which takes a timeout value. That will allow you to specify how long you wait before giving up.

JaredPar  2008-12-03 01:28:28
Did you mean NamedPipeClientStream?
Hans Passant  2008-12-03 02:23:38
Thanks for the typo catch
JaredPar  2008-12-03 02:43:43

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