ExternalActivator sample - documentation

Hi!

Where can I find some documentation about the ExternalActivator sample available on gotdotnet.com? I'm looking for a tutorial how the sample can be set up and used...

Thanks

Klaus Aschenbrenner
www.csharp.at
http://www.sqljunkies.com/weblog/klaus.aschenbrenner

We don't have any documentation on the External Activator sample. I've been asked more than once to provide some documentation. So I'll try to post something on my blog soon.

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Hi Rushi!

Thanks for the documentation on the ExternalActivator sample.
There are two important points to mention, which I've encountered during the setup:

*) The element <ConfigurationRecord><SQLServer> must contain the NETBIOS name of the SQL Server and not "localhost" (even when you setup the sample on your local SQL Server), because you compare this setting with the XML document <EVENT_INSTANCE> generated for the event QUEUE_ACTIVATION. If you use here "localhost", then there is no match the ExternalActivator can't activate your program

*) The element <ConfigurationRecord><ApplicationName> must contain the whole path to the executable that the ExternalActivator should start, like "c:\ExternalActivator\MyTask.exe".

Maybe you can add these two points to the documentation, because these are the points that I've learned the hard way...

Thanks

Klaus Aschenbrenner
www.csharp.at
www.sqljunkies.com/weblog/klaus.aschenbrenner

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Hi Rushi!

Thanks for the update.
Can you please also describe in a few word the settings <StandardOut />, <StandardIn /> and <StandardErr />?

Thanks

Klaus Aschenbrenner
www.csharp.at
http://www.sqljunkies.com/weblog/klaus.aschenbrenner