Question

I have created a simple WCF by following several tutorials. I have modified my web.config file to add the endpoint (whatever that is). I added a ServiceReference to my solution… Now I just want to call the darn thing to see if it works…

I found this code when I viewed the service in the browser:

    ServiceClient client = new ServiceClient();

    // Use the 'client' variable to call operations on the service.

    // Always close the client.
    client.Close();

But when I plug it into my default.aspx on my website I get errors:

The type or namespacen anme ‘ServiceClient’ could not be found. All I want to do is call it to see how I reference the method (with parameters) and how it returns the data. I just need a jumping point to start working with WCF.

Please help.

Answered!

SnOrfus – His answer did the trick. As soon as I added the ServiceReference to the project then when I hovered over the client variable it prompted me to add ServiceReference name (which was ServiceReference1).

I was then able to call my method and display the results.

Thanks!

Answer 1

What is your service interface called and what namespace did you give it when you added it? For instance, if you defined it thusly:

[OperationContract]
public interface IMyService
{
    [OperationMethod]
    void MyServiceMethod();
}

public class MyService : IMyService
{
}

if you imported it using the Add Service Reference dialog and gave it a namespace of JeffService… it would look like:

var client = new JeffService.MyServiceClient();
client.MyServiceMethod();
client.Close();