How can I add a 'test service' page to a WCF Webservice in VB.Net

Question

I am building a Web service using WCF as a way to provide access to data within my VB.Net application.

When building web services hosted on IIS, there is a helpful test page as part of the service that allows the webservice to be invoked with parameters there and then. It's very helpful for testing.

Is there a way to configure a WCF hosted web service to provide the same sort of test interface, rather than the fairly unhelpul 'use svcutil' response?

Answer 1

I am afraid you have to build web pages form e.g. aspx to call the service and display the result, WCF service no more generates the UI for you anymore.

Answer 2

Just fyi, you can also use, the WcfTestClient located at:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\WcfTestClient.exe

which provides a lot of the functionality you are looking for

Answer 3

You can also try out WCF Storm