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Asked: 2026-05-22T03:14:08+00:00

I have a C# server application and it needs to talk to and control

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I have a C# server application and it needs to talk to and control another 3 client applications: one in C#, one in C++ and one in VB.Net. All of them are Windows Form applications. They basically need to exchange some strings and numbers, not heavily loaded. What is the best way to do IPC between C# and those different languages? Note that clients don’t talk to each other, they only talk to the server.

C# needs to talk to C++ so I guess WCF isn’t good, as WCF only works between two .Net applications?

Can I use named pipes conveniently in all these languages: C#, C++ and VB.Net?

I also want to know if in the future I have to add VB6, VBScript and PowerShell scripts as clients, what would be the best IPC option that works for all these 6 languages? Will I still be able to use named pipes?

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    Actually WCF configured to expose services via HTTP might be the best option for the list of languages you want to support.

    If you don’t like WCF consider exposing HTTP REST interfaces i.e. by writing server in ASP.Net MVC.

    Named pipes support – C#/VB.Net, C++ – good, VB6 – I don’t know, VBScript – definitely not out of the box, PowerShell – yes as it can use .Net libraries.

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