how to detect transactional replication agent failure programmatic

Hello,
Right now, I have an alert set up in the SQL Server but is it possible for a
C#/C/C++/VB program to detect the replication agent failure? If so, how can
it be done?
Thanks in advance,
Frank
query the repl_errors table in the distirbution database.
select name, Publisher=p.srvname, publisher_db, publication,
Subscriber=s.srvname, subscriber_db, MSdistribution_history.time, comments,
error_type_id,source_type_id, source_name, error_code,error_text from
MSdistribution_history
join msrepl_errors on MSdistribution_history.error_id=msrepl_errors.id
join msdistribution_agents on
msdistribution_agents.id=MSdistribution_history.ag ent_id
join master.dbo.sysservers as p on p.srvid=publisher_id
join master.dbo.sysservers as s on s.srvid=publisher_id
order by 1
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"FJY" <FJY@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Right now, I have an alert set up in the SQL Server but is it possible for
> a
> C#/C/C++/VB program to detect the replication agent failure? If so, how
> can
> it be done?
> Thanks in advance,
> Frank