access windows forms from a web service

i have a windows form that i want to access from a webservice.
the web service resides on the server where the aplication is running.
i want to be able to access some of the methods of the windows form remotly using a web service residing on the same server.
in fact i am doing this becoz i have a scheduling application that enables me to set task chedules and i want to set it from the internet.
I assumed building a windows form and accessing it from web is a good solution but maybe it's not. any suggestions are welcomed.
I didnt implement the scheduling thing directly from my web app becoz if the aspnet_wp.exe recycles or iis restarts it will be lost so i wanted a reliable solution to keep the app running without interruption.

if there's any alternative way to implement this i will appreciate suggestions.

Thanks
samham

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access windows forms from a web service

Yow-Hann
i want to access a windows app from a web service so the web service will be able to communicate with the windows app (and call some functions in the app).

but after some research i found out that this is best implemented by using a windows service (not a windows app) so the question is how can i communicate with a windows service from a web service, i found a lot of tutorials and all of them cover how the windows service is created and deployed but i dodnt find in any place how to communicate with a windows service from outside that is from a web service or from another app.

any help is appreciated
samham
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Use MSMQ
mscherotter
so you want the web server to be able to call a webservice on the windows client
access windows forms from a web service

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