Question

I got this error when trying to access a Service

The type ‘WebRole1.RestServices.RegisterService’, provided as the Service attribute value in the ServiceHost directive, or provided in the configuration element system.serviceModel/serviceHostingEnvironment/serviceActivations could not be found.

This is linked to the definition on the Web.config file

I defined my service like this:

<!-- Service Authenticate -->
<service name="System.Web.ApplicationServices.AuthenticationService" behaviorConfiguration="AuthenticationServiceBehaviors">
<endpoint contract="System.Web.ApplicationServices.AuthenticationService" binding="basicHttpBinding" />
</service>

<!-- Service Register -->
<service name="WebRole1.RestServices.RegisterService" behaviorConfiguration="RegisterServiceBehaviors">
<endpoint contract="WebRole1.RestServices.IRegisterService" binding="basicHttpBinding" />
</service>

The definition working for the Authenticate Service but not for the Register Service.
I am not sure about the name i should put for the service but WebRole1.RestServices is the namespace for the RegisterService.svc

I am sure the error is from the Web.config file. Anyone has an idea how to correct this.

Thx.

Answer 1

Follow these steps from within Visual Studio:

1. Right click your service file

2. Select the View Markup option

3. Change the value of the Service
   attribute to reflect the fully
   qualified path of the underlying
   service type.

4. Make sure the CodeFile attribute value is also correct

This happens because when you rename the service type in code it doesn’t automatically update the service mark-up directive values appropriately, or at all for that matter.