Questions tagged [wcf-hosting]
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Visual Studio unable to open port to host WCF Service
I created a solution VS2010 C# with the WCF service, the library to get data, the service is working fine in a console application in the solution. No problem.
I have to use it on a VS2008 project (and probably later on a VS2005) for the older…

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C# register the same windows service with different parameters
I need to create many windows services to host many WCF Service so I can stop a single one (for example to update it) and keep the other running.
Since I don't want to create a windows service for every WCF Service I have, I'm trying to create a C#…

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How can I tell whether a WCF service is hosted in a Console app?
I have a WCF service under development, and often switch between hosting in a Windows Service, and hosting in a Console app. The service and console app share one config file, so how else can I tell, in my WPF client, if the service is hosted in the…

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Hosting WCF service via ServiceHost in Console/WinForms
I'm hosting WCF service in console application (.NET 4.0). Service code (from msdn example):
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.ServiceModel.Web;
namespace WCFServiceHost
{
[ServiceContract(Namespace =…

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ASP.Net Web and WCF projects in the same solution
I am using Visual Studio 2010 and I am trying to create a solution containing an N tier architecture.
I have a project each for every tier
Common
DAL
Business //
Service // WCF
ServiceHost
Web
the projects are listed above are also called in the…

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Unable to host web service in IIS
I've been working on a webservice, and testing it by viewing it in a browser directly from VS2012, but now I need to host it in IIS, and for some reason, it simply will not work.
I've tried publishing it as a new web application under my local IIS.…

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Deploy WCF service in IIS 7.5
I am newbie to WCF. I am looking to steps to deploy WCF on IIS and consume the service.
I have follow the steps same as to deploy the Website on IIS, also set the default document to Service1.svc
Now when I am trying to consume this wcf service it…

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Can I use IIS to host WCF services with transport other than HTTP?
I've searched and didn't find any question similar, so I'm asking.
Is it possible to use IIS with transport other thna HTTP?
If so, how to configure it?

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Hosting WCF Service using unmanaged DLLs
I have a managed DLL that internally references a couple of unmanaged DLLs. This managed DLL is added as a reference to my WCF service project. However, the unmanaged DLLs have to be manually copied to the build output path of my project. They…

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No endpoints found when adding a Custom ServiceHostFactory
I created a wcf application. I didn't change anything. Used the Service1.GetData(int). It works fine. I can hit the wsdl in a browser and everything. Then I created a custom service host factory that simply returns a new service host and the…

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When can multiple ServiceHost instances share the same port?
Our application server exposes 5 WCF services over the net.tcp transport, all on the same port. We've been hosting these during development using WcfSvcHost and I've never had to think about how these manage to use the same port.
We're moving them…

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Problem hosting wcfservice on mydoamin.com
I have an asp.net and a wcf service created. I hosted wcfservice on localhost(IIS) and the as.net web application also on IIS. Both work fine. I want to host both wcf and my asp.net web application on a registered domain. But when I right click on…

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System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException , The CLR Type could not be loaded during service compilation (Error is not happening on all machines
I recently upgraded my solution from .netframework 4 to 4.7.2 ( It was in VS 2010 and I upgraded it using VS2019) . The solution contains WCF Services and some class library and a mvc 3 website . I had not have issue running my website and it worked…

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Which is the best option to host a nettcp WCF service
I have a nettcp service which I have to host. I have three options -
IIS 7
Windows Service
A console application
I would be grateful if anybody could give some valuable thoughts on which option is better vis-a-vis other one.

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WCF, who is calling? IIS self hosted with multiple websites, calling each other
I have a WCF service hosted on a website. I have mutliple bindings on the same website. Each website can call the WCF service on another site.
Because of this, the endpoint the client uses is a dynamic address.
Q: Is it possible to know what the…

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