Using dll to launch remote execution

[StarvnMarvn]

I need to replace a dll (currently written in MSVC++) that needs to do the following:

1) Called by various apps: PowerBuilder, Cold Fusion etc.

2) Take in a login, password and name of the file to execute on a remote machine (Taking in login/pwd is the functionality that is missing from the current dll)

3) Return a code indicating success or failure.

The current sourcecode is irretrievable. I believe it made socket calls and some such.

There is a UNIX command "rexec" that works from my command prompt. However, when I use "rexec" in my dll using:

a) ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo)
b) CreateProcess(....)

it does not launch anything remotely. I can launch, say notepad.exe, on the same machine using (a), but it does not work if I specify a remote machine.

Is there a function out there that does (or partially does) this, or would I have to reinvent the wheel to accomplish this? TIA.

 

[adholioshake]

Try looking up Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) in the C++ documentation. I have never tried this before - usually its easier to comunicate with client-server models, i.e. get the server program to send the command-string and the client upon recieving the message to execute that string.

The RPC method is probably better though...