Unable to add service reference in VS 2017 15.5.7

Question

I have a VB.NET Core app I'm trying to connect to a remote WCF service. When I try going through the "Add Connected Service" routine, no services are listed and a message shows up saying that:

no connected service is supported for the current project type.

I tried installing the WCF Web Service Reference Provider extension - which IIUC shouldn't be required anymore since 15.5 - but it made no difference.

What am I doing wrong here?

Answer 1

So it looks like when the .NET Core project is in VB.NET the WCF Web Service Reference Provider isn't available. Quite disappointing if you ask me. :(

Answer 2

First, Uninstall the "WCF Web Service Reference Provider" by going into through Tools -> Extensions and Updates menu in VS. This has been in VS since the release of VS 15.5.5. So if you have 15.5.7 then having the extension installed could be causing issues.

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I created a .Net core application and when I click on the "Connected Services" link I get the following screen.

Then when I click the "Microsoft WCF Web Services Reference Provider" link I get the following screen.

I am running VS 15.5.7, so you should see the same screens. What do you get when you do the same steps? Can you post some screen shots?

Sorry I could not go past this screen, I did not have a WCF web service I could access to see what the next steps are. If you have issues following the steps above, please post more details about what you are seeing (screenshots would help). Also, if you have a URL to a public WCF service please post it so I can see if I have the same issue you are having.