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Michael Dean
Michael Dean

Reputation: 1

Unable to get WCF Test client to test WCF Service Library

I am attempting to replace a WSE service with the WCF equivalent where the WSDL is provided externally.

First, I used svcutil and wsdl to generate all the service and client classes (ATP, I'm only concerned with the service implementation.) I generated an empty WCF Service Library project and replaced/renamed the IService1.cs with a class named for the interface ServiceContractAttribute generated. I then renamed the implementation class Service1.cs with the name of the implementation-class JINDEXWcfListener.cs. I removed the generated code from this class and created class definition JINDEXWcfListener:[interface name].

The tool auto-generated the implementation of the interface. I used the single method adorned with [OperationContractAttribute] to put my local implementation code. I modified the default app.config generated to adjust the contract and service names as required.

When I start debug, I can see that the service is starting in the WTC. However, when the single operation is exposed, the is a red dot with a yellow question mark in front of the operation name. When I RC on the op name, I get "This operation is not supported in WCF Test client" with no additional information. What is wrong?

Upvotes: 0

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Answers (1)

Blane Bunderson
Blane Bunderson

Reputation: 533

WCFTestClient has quite a few limitations. I have fought "problems" for several hours that later turned out to be just WCFTestClient problems. Complex objects can give you a lot of grief, also any custom lists, etc such as a custom implementation of the IList interface. Try out WcfStorm. I think they have a free version and a trial version.

Upvotes: 1

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