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alextansc
alextansc

Reputation: 4672

How to add WCF service reference in Visual Studio 2005?

What do I need to allow Visual Studio 2005 to add WCF service reference to a project?

I know I should just use Visual Studio 2008, but I'm preparing for a "what-if" situation where the client does not have VS2008 just yet.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8868

Answers (3)

TYBlogin
TYBlogin

Reputation: 1

The following is a post that will walk you through all the necessary to create a WCF service in Visual Studio 2005 including how to add necessary references:

http://tyblog.in/

Upvotes: -1

Daniel Auger
Daniel Auger

Reputation: 12611

If you want visual studio 2005 integration they have to have at least .net 3.0 installed. The client can then use svcutil.exe to generate the proxy.

Take a look here on how to use WCF in VS 2005 using the orcas extensions:
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/061130.htm

Alternatively:
From what I can tell MS never released a final WCF add in for VS2005, but the final CTP is still out there: http://downloads.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000375,39328336s,00.htm

You can use that WCF add in instead of the more general and more beta orcas extension that is mentioned in the 15 seconds article. I believe the CTP will give you the "add service reference" option.

Upvotes: 6

user19371
user19371

Reputation: 284

In this case, I think your best bet is probably to provide the already-generated proxy class(es) to the client.

Upvotes: 1

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