Access WCF service through ASP.NET

Question

I have a WCF service which I would like to access using ASP.NET. The binding used in the WCF service is basicHttpBinding. How may I do it? Any examples will be really appreciated.

Will it work fine if I create a proxy from the svcutil.exe and then use that class in an ASP.NET page?

Answer 1

Check links below for tutorials

http://weblogs.asp.net/dwahlin/archive/2006/10/29/Getting-Started-with-Windows-Communication-Framework.aspx

http://www.aspnettutorials.com/tutorials/advanced/introduction-to-wcf-vb.aspx

http://www.dotnetspark.com/kb/1841-basics-endpoint-wcf-tutorial.aspx

Good Luck!

Answer 2

You can access a WCF service in (the codebehind of) an ASP.NET application just like in any other .NET application type. Just add the service reference to the Project and instantiate the proxy.

Answer 3

You need to add a service reference in your asp.net website project (here named ServiceReference1) and then here's your client:

var serviceClient = new ServiceReference1.Service1Client();