Question

Assuming serviceUrl is read from exe.config ( app.config in IDE )

 var binding = new WSHttpBinding();
 ...    
 client = new ContentServiceClient(binding, new EndpointAddress(serviceURL));

Do I just need exe itself ( given no dependencies ) and exe.config for this client to invoke service on other box. I generated service reference when running service locally , looks like all those files purely for parameterless service call from IDE.

Answer 1

You need

• .NET 3.0 or higher
• your EXE and exe.config
• network connectivity

and yes – that’s all you need to call a service on a remote machine. The WCF runtime and all are part of .NET (3.0 or higher).