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Asked: 2026-06-12T20:14:47+00:00

What I have: Two console applications (target framework 4). Application A does all the

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What I have:

Two console applications (target framework 4). Application A does all the work, B displays status every 10 seconds. A runs through nearly 300,000 sql entries and performs miscellaneous work – output is most verbose and its hard to squeeze in general overview information about progress.

What I need:

My goal would be to have A first execute B and then “send” or pass strings over to B so that it can refresh itself with the new values of those strings. It would provide the user who is observing a good indication of what’s going on with the whole operation.

What do you recommend to accomplish this. WCF, named pipes? I guess I could make app A the server and app B a client of some sorts.

Visual example: note that application A has about 10x more text (picture is just example)

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  1. Editorial Team
    • Make B first execute A.
    • A write its verbose logging to standard output.
    • B reads A’s standard output (google how you can redirect input/output/err of a process)
    • B aggregate information and write a clean log on its standard output.
    • When A exits, B exits too.

    Simple !

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