Remoting (Architecture) Questions

[BIT_M]

Hi. I'm implementing an application with a 3-tier architecture. I'm using Remoting to connect the Presentation layer to the Business Logic layer. Two problems that I came across are:
1. My server (the application which is exposing my remotable class) is a console application. I don't have a strong background in Windows programming, so the only way out I can see to "hide it" is to compile it as a dll and then register it in Windows. Could I create a Windows Service for this thing?
2. I currently have only one procedure in my application. Do I have to repeat the RemotingConfiguration.RegisterWellKnownServiceType call for each remote procedure/function, or can I somehow expose the whole class?

If anyone knows any good white papers on 3-tier architecure online, I would appreciate if they can share the URL.

Thank you very much.
Tiberiu M

[Edneeis]

Sure you could remote the whole class and it can be done via a Windows Service or IIS. Actually I've only exposed the whole class and didn't know you could expose just a method. As for a URL try poking around msdn they should have something on n-Tier structure.

[Justy]

The MS knowledge base has a number of articles which cover remoting quite well, if you haven't already read them of course.

Marshal an Object to a Remote Server by Reference by Using Visual Basic .NET

I operate my remotable classes via windows services and they run very smoothly indeed.

[BIT_M]

Thanks.