C# 如何从托管应用的一个实例向另一个实例发送消息？

我有一个WinForms应用程序，如果已经有一个实例在运行&用户试图启动另一个实例，我会在调用Application.Run（）之前通过检查互斥来停止它。那部分很好用。我想做的是在终止新进程之前，将一条消息从应用程序的新实例（以及一段字符串形式的数据）传递到现有实例

我尝试调用PostMessage，在运行中的应用程序上确实收到了消息，但是我在lparam中传递的字符串失败了（是的，我已经检查了，以确保首先传递的字符串是正确的）。我怎样才能做到最好

static class Program
{
    [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
    public static extern bool PostMessage(int hhwnd, uint msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lParam);

    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
    static extern uint RegisterWindowMessage(string lpString);

    private const int HWND_BROADCAST = 0xffff;
    static uint _wmJLPC = unchecked((uint)-1);

    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        _wmJLPC = RegisterWindowMessage("JumpListProjectClicked");
        if (_wmJLPC == 0)
        {
            throw new Exception(string.Format("Error registering window message: \"{0}\"", Marshal.GetLastWin32Error().ToString()));
        }

        bool onlyInstance = false;
        Mutex mutex = new Mutex(true, "b73fd756-ac15-49c4-8a9a-45e1c2488599_ProjectTracker", out onlyInstance);

        if (!onlyInstance) {
            ProcessArguments();
            return;
        }

        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
        Application.Run(new MainForm());

        GC.KeepAlive(mutex);
    }

    internal static void ProcessArguments()
    {
        if (Environment.GetCommandLineArgs().Length > 1)
        {
            IntPtr param = Marshal.StringToHGlobalAuto(Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[1]);
            PostMessage(HWND_BROADCAST, _wmJLPC, IntPtr.Zero, param);
        }
    }
}

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再次检查您的代码。您正在使用StringToHGlobalAuto创建字符串（很可能以Unicode结尾）。然后，调用PtrToStringAnsi，它不使用unicode

如果您无法使此解决方案正常工作，有几种选择。您可以通过查找IPC（进程间通信）来了解它们

我使用的一种方法是创建一个包含所需内容的知名文件，因为它既快速又简单。您使用命名事件锁定该文件的使用，并通过设置另一个命名事件告知“所有者”应用程序该文件已更改。“所有者”偶尔检查事件，或者启动工作线程来监视它

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同样，IPC有很多风格，如果这些想法不起作用，请继续寻找。

现在有更简单和现代的方法来进行跨进程通信。特别是，请查看WCF

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尽管我承认有一个小小的学习曲线。一旦你弄明白了，这真的很容易。您甚至可以通过编程来完成这一切，这样就不必担心任何配置混乱。

这里有一个简单的方法。我没有运行代码，但你明白了

class Program
{
    static Thread listenThread;
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            using (Mutex mutex = new Mutex(true, "my mutex"))
            {
                listenThread = new Thread(Listen);
                listenThread.IsBackground = true;
                listenThread.Start();
            }
        }
        catch (ApplicationException)
        {
            using (Mutex mutex = Mutex.OpenExisting("my mutex"))
            {
                mutex.WaitOne();
                try
                {
                    using (NamedPipeClientStream client = new NamedPipeClientStream("some pipe"))
                    {
                        using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(client))
                        {
                            writer.WriteLine("SomeMessage");
                        }
                    }
                }
                finally
                {
                    mutex.ReleaseMutex();
                }
            }
        }
    }
    static void Listen()
    {
        using (NamedPipeServerStream server = new NamedPipeServerStream("some pipe"))
        {
            using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(server))
            {
                for (; ; )
                {
                    server.WaitForConnection();
                    string message = reader.ReadLine();
                    //Dispatch the message, probably onto the thread your form 
                    //  was contructed on with Form.BeginInvoke

                }
            }
        }
    }

格雷格

StringToHGlobalAuto创建的非托管指针仅在创建它的进程空间中有效。无法从其他进程访问它引用的内存

要将数据从一个应用程序传递到另一个应用程序，请将SendMessage（）与WM_COPYDATA消息一起使用

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斯科特似乎缺少一个完整的例子。我费了一点劲才让一个工作示例运行起来。因此，这是我的单实例应用程序的最小实现，当运行多次时，它将消息（第一个命令行参数）传递给第一个实例。如果像我这样的人需要一个完整的工作示例，这是一个很好的开始：

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Pipes;
using System.Threading;

namespace MutexApp
{
    class Program
    {
        private const string PIPE_NAME = "MY_PIPE"; // Name of pipe
        private const string MUTEX_NAME = "MY_MUTEX"; // Mutex name

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string message = "NO MESSAGE";
            if (args.Length > 0) // If we have a parameter to the .exe get it
                message = args[0];
            bool firstinstance = false;
            Mutex mutex = new Mutex(true, MUTEX_NAME, out firstinstance);
            if (firstinstance) // We are the first instance of this process
            {
                Console.WriteLine("First instance started");
                Console.WriteLine("Message: " + message);
                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for messages (ctrl+c to break)...");

                while (true) { ProcessNextClient(); } // Unfinite loop that listens for messages by new clients
            }
            else // This process is already running, parse message to the running instance and exit
            {
                {
                    try
                    {
                        using (NamedPipeClientStream client = new NamedPipeClientStream(PIPE_NAME)) // Create connection to pipe
                        {
                            client.Connect(5000); // Maximum wait 5 seconds
                            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(client))
                            {
                                writer.WriteLine(message); // Write command line parameter to the first instance
                            }
                        }
                    } catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Error: "+ex.Message);
                    }
                }
            }
            mutex.Dispose();
        }

        private static void ProcessNextClient()
        {
            try
            {
                NamedPipeServerStream pipeStream = new NamedPipeServerStream(PIPE_NAME, PipeDirection.InOut, NamedPipeServerStream.MaxAllowedServerInstances); // Create Server pipe and listen for clients
                pipeStream.WaitForConnection(); // Wait for client connection

                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pipeStream)) // Read message from pipe stream
                {
                    string message = reader.ReadLine();
                    Console.WriteLine("At " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()+": " + message); // Print message on screen
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.IO.Pipes;
using System.Threading;

namespace MutexApp
{
    class Program
    {
        private const string PIPE_NAME = "MY_PIPE"; // Name of pipe
        private const string MUTEX_NAME = "MY_MUTEX"; // Mutex name

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string message = "NO MESSAGE";
            if (args.Length > 0) // If we have a parameter to the .exe get it
                message = args[0];
            bool firstinstance = false;
            Mutex mutex = new Mutex(true, MUTEX_NAME, out firstinstance);
            if (firstinstance) // We are the first instance of this process
            {
                Console.WriteLine("First instance started");
                Console.WriteLine("Message: " + message);
                Console.WriteLine("Waiting for messages (ctrl+c to break)...");

                while (true) { ProcessNextClient(); } // Unfinite loop that listens for messages by new clients
            }
            else // This process is already running, parse message to the running instance and exit
            {
                {
                    try
                    {
                        using (NamedPipeClientStream client = new NamedPipeClientStream(PIPE_NAME)) // Create connection to pipe
                        {
                            client.Connect(5000); // Maximum wait 5 seconds
                            using (StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(client))
                            {
                                writer.WriteLine(message); // Write command line parameter to the first instance
                            }
                        }
                    } catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine("Error: "+ex.Message);
                    }
                }
            }
            mutex.Dispose();
        }

        private static void ProcessNextClient()
        {
            try
            {
                NamedPipeServerStream pipeStream = new NamedPipeServerStream(PIPE_NAME, PipeDirection.InOut, NamedPipeServerStream.MaxAllowedServerInstances); // Create Server pipe and listen for clients
                pipeStream.WaitForConnection(); // Wait for client connection

                using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pipeStream)) // Read message from pipe stream
                {
                    string message = reader.ReadLine();
                    Console.WriteLine("At " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString()+": " + message); // Print message on screen
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}