Creating and Accessing WCF Service Library


In this article we will learn about Creating and accessing a WCF Service Library in Visual Studio.

Lets start by Creating a WCF Service Library as shown below :

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Visual Studio will generate a project as shown below :

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Let's not get into the details now. This is just a introduction article of how to create a Windows Service Library . So Hit F5 .

A WCF Test Client opens up as shown below :

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The Service gets added to the My Service Projects automatically as shown below :

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Select the GetData() method which is created by default by the WCF .

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Enter a value, say 2, in the Value field and hit Invoke Button .

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The Response is displayed as shown below :

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You have successfully created and accessed a WCF Service Library. In future posts we will get into the details of WCF .
 


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