Hi,

I am using DevForce 6.1.5.

I have a 2-Tier application (Windows Service) that performs updates in the backend directly to database.

I now want this 2-Tier app to login to a remote BOS to perform just some specific tasks via existing RPC methods.

The following link show how to use ServiceKeys to connect to multiple BOS:

http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/connect-to-multiple-entityservers

However, I am not sure about the following config. The 2-Tier app will connect to its own local (in-process) BOS because this 2-Tier config does not set <clientSettings isDistributed="true" />

 <ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns="http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig">

    <objectServer remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="9010" serviceName="LocalEntityService"/>

       <serviceKeys>     

         <serviceKey name="remoteBOS" remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serviceName="EntityService" serverPort="9009" />

       </serviceKeys>

I know one can resort to writing own WCF.

The question is how can I use DevForce to simplify this by enabling an existing 2-Tier app to call the remote BOS specifically?

Best Regards

Seb

 

When you create an EntityManager it will by default use an EntityServiceOption setting which tells it to look at the clientSettings in the config file.  Here, to get your EntityManager talking to a remote BOS, you should pass an EntityServiceOption.UseDistributedService parameter into the constructor.   You don't actually need to use a serviceKey here, but can.  If you don't use a serviceKey, make sure that the settings on the objectServer are correct for the remote BOS.  (They're actually ignored altogether when running in 2-tier mode.)

 

 

 

Thanks for the tips. This is exactly what I wanted.

 

Thanks much!

Seb