Help!

[gknuth]

Hi all,

I originally placed this in the API forum. I got one response, and I'm not entirely sure what the gentleman was talking about. Can any of you offer advice?

Thanks,
Gabe

Originally posted by gknuth
Hi, I really need help - I have marks on my head from beating on a wall - repeatedly.

Machine1 - workstation running the application
Machine2 - NT workstation/server affected (hopefully)

Can I, from Machine1, call an API function that resides on Machine2 and have it run on Machine2?

My goal is to be able to tell each machine to update it's browse list and domain cache (if one happens, the other should too)

Thanks in advance.....
Gabe


Originally posted by gwdash
you can do this with DCOM. create a ActiveX exe project, then have it have functions you want to call. make sure to set up the ActiveX exe with unattended execution and remote execution(i think). you can then call this remotely with CreateObject. Wait until search comes back and then do a search for "Remote DCOM" and you'll find the thread that has exactly how to do this posted

[TheBao]

You can create a COM component (ActiveX DLL or EXE) and installs it on Machine 2.

After you are done, you can do either of the following:

1. Make a reference to the object if you decide to use early binding. You can use the New or CreateObject to create your object.
2. Or just make a general object if you decide to use late binding. You can only use the CreateObject to create your object. When calling the CreateObject function, remember to pass the name of the server ie. Machine 2.

Regards,
TheBao

[gknuth]

Ok, I'm sure I'm biting off more than I can chew here, but -

Early and Late Binding?

A little background that may help:

I want to have an application on each of 30 or so servers that will run a function to update it's browse list, and I want to run that application from another app (that I've already created) on an admin workstation or server.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Gabe