PostMessage() across process boundaries equivalent

[wysota]

Just like COM itself.

[Chicken Blood Machine]

Just like COM itself.

...which is why he said this:

eventually I'd like to remove the MS dependencies. and eventually would like to get away from COM altogether, I'll need to run on other operating systems. I think that'll be a challenge - I'll need to start learning CORBA ' stuff.

[wysota]

Yes, I missed that.

Anyway, things like shared memory or named pipes are always an alternative (yes, I know Qt doesn't have direct support for them).

BTW. Corba (and other RPCs) involve using network sockets, so with simple apps it might be simpler to just use network sockets yourself instead of higher level protocols.