Is it possible to connect with QT to net remoting server?

Question

Hi all. I have server application writed in .net. To connect with this server I'm using net remoting interface. Is it possible to connect to this server application with QT library?

Answer 1

There are several differnet protocolls in .net webservices possible xml-rpc, soap, REST. If it is soap (common) then qtsoap might be of help.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, .NET remoting uses an unpublished protocol. I believe it has been (at least mostly) reverse-engineered, but it would take quite a bit of work to write a Qt library to work with it.

If you want to make the API more accessible, change the .NET part to use WCF instead; WCF bindings starting with "net" should be avoided because they are also unpublished protocols. The others are defined by published standards, so it may be possible to find a Qt library to help speak a particular standardized protocol.

Alternatively, create a .NET client-side DLL to communicate with the .NET server. The DLL can then expose the needed functionality either through a C API or by acting as an inproc COM server.