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Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

Routing Manager for WCF4

by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

Manageable Services

by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and tooling of model driven WorkflowServices logically centralized in the Repository and physically decentralized for their runtime projecting.

Notification of Silverlight Applications about Database State Changes

by Max Paulousky

This article presents the techniques and caveats of building Silverlight applications that can be notified about database state changes via polling duplex. WSHttp binding and CLR triggers are used to implement the solution as well.

Latest Articles

WCF Client For Web Services that Require Authorization by HTTP Header

by NikStar

Using OutgoingMessageProperties and OperationContextScope to implement authorization by http header for WCF client that communicates with non WCF-based web services.

WCF for the Real World, Not Hello World -- Revisited in the .NET Core Landscape

by Zijian

Live with WCF in the .NET Core Landscape

Fixing PlatformNotSupportedException when Running Window Communication Foundation Applications

by ToughDev

How to fix PlatformNotSupportedException when running WCF apps

Signing Documents in SharePoint with a Smart Card

by lvmcastro

A tutorial showing how to use a smartcard API, a SharePoint extension and web services, to add a qualified electronic signature (QES) to a PDF file located in a SharePoint online library.

All Articles

WCF

Synchronicity - A Folder Synchronizing Application

7 Feb 2011 by #realJSOP

Windows service for synchronizing folders

Windows-service

Create REST Service using WCF

6 Jun 2011 by A Mahesh

Create simple REST service using WCF and VS 2010

WCF design pattern for Nodejs web api

13 Sep 2016 by a.alghabban

applying WCF design pattern into nodejs web api

WCF Comparison with Web Services and .NET Remoting

9 Jan 2010 by Abdul Sami, PMP

This article is about the differences between WCF and Web Services and .NET Remoting.

SQL Server Query Notification with BizTalk Server 2009 WCF SQL Adapter

13 Apr 2010 by Abdul_Rafay

SQL Server Query Notification with BizTalk Server 2009 WCF SQL Adapter

Restful Crud Operation on a WCF Service

3 Oct 2010 by Abhishek Sur

In this article, I have introduced how easily you can create a RESTful service in WCF

Exposing a REST/JSON GET endpoint using BizTalk Server 2013

24 Jan 2016 by AboorvaRaja Ramar

To Expose BizTalk Schema as a Rest/Json Service with GET method.

Adding New Database Reports to .NET Client Apps Without Re-Deployment - An Odyssey Through Dynamic LINQ and Reflection Hackery

8 Jun 2012 by Adam David Hill

This article solves the problem of having to redeploy everything whenever you create a new stored procedure database report.

Convert WCF Service from Visual Web Developer Express to IIS Express using Web Matrix

16 Dec 2012 by Adam Wojnar

An easy guide to run a web service in a more real environment using free tools from Microsoft.

How to Implement Custom Role Based Authorization for My WCF Service Operations

13 Feb 2014 by Adarsh Chaurasia - Passionate Trainer

How to implement custom role based authorization for my WCF service operations

Windows Communcation Foundation - Simple Example, Step by Step

20 Feb 2009 by Adil Mughal

This article demostrates a very basic example, can say simplest, of client/server design using Windows Communication Foundation(WCF)

Publishing RSS and ATOM Feeds using WCF 3.5 Syndication Libraries

5 Feb 2008 by Adnan Masood

This article focuses on using the WCF 3.5 libraries namely System.ServiceModel.Syndication namespace to create and publish an RSS and Atom feed from the same code base.

Unknown Class Dynamically Generated at runtime for Entity Framework, WCF OData and dynamic client consumption

7 Nov 2014 by Adriaan Booysen

An example of a nearly complete unknown type being used accross EF, WCF and consumed client side

Copy Properties From One Object To Another

27 Mar 2011 by Adrian Vintu

Deep copy routine for complex objects that can return a destination type different than the source type.

Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

3 Sep 2008 by Ahmed Negm

This article introduces how to create and manage .NET enterprise applications using your favorite technology (Data Access Application Block, LINQ, NHibernate, ASMX, and WCF) with the Model Driven Development approach by Sculpture.

SQL-Server-2005

Exchange 2007 Push Notifications Using WCF

3 Nov 2007 by Ahmed Sadek

Consuming Exchange 2007 Push notifications using WCF.

Communication options with WCF - Part 1

11 Jul 2006 by Al Alberto

Communication options with WCF - Part 1.

Communication options with WCF - Part 2

20 Jul 2006 by Al Alberto

An article on communication options with WCF - part 2.

Communication options with WCF - Part 3

26 Jul 2006 by Al Alberto

Communication Options with WCF-Part 3

17 Apr 2009 by Al Alberto

Evaluating Microsoft's Composite Application Guidance and Library.

Passing WCF Transactions to COM+

28 Aug 2012 by Alexandros Pappas

This article provides a program to demonstrate how to pass WCF transactions to COM+.

WCF Cache

9 Dec 2009 by Alexandru Cibotari

A WCF Service caching example.

How to Make Avalon and Indigo Beta 1 RC Run

25 Jul 2005 by Alexandru Ghiondea

Gives you information regarding how to make Avalon and Indigo (WinFX) run on your machine

WCF Client Server Application with Custom Authentication, Authorization, Encryption and Compression – Part 2

23 Mar 2011 by Alexandru Lungu

HTTP - No IIS; Authentication - No SSL/X509 Certificate; Encryption - RSA+AES for Request, AES for Response; Compression - GZip for both Request/Response.

WCF Client Server Application with Custom Authentication, Authorization, Encryption and Compression - Part 1

22 Mar 2011 by Alexandru Lungu

HTTP - No IIS; Authentication - No SSL/X509 Certificate; Encryption - RSA+AES for Request, AES for Response; Compression - GZip for both Request/Response

Pattern for Creating Generic WCF Services

28 Nov 2011 by alexis.coles

A pattern for creating generic WCF services.

Implementing parallel programming using MPI and C#

15 Apr 2008 by Ali Hamdar

An example of implementing a parallel program using the pure MPI .NET library, C#, and .NET Remoting.

Stateful Web Services using WCF leveraging ASP.NET infrastructure with BasicHttpBinding

20 Jul 2010 by AmbarRay

This article explains how to manage state in Web Services using WCF by leveraging ASP.NET infrastructure with BasicHttpBinding.

Content Based Routing Using WCF 4

28 Jul 2010 by AmbarRay

This article explains how to do content based routing using the WCF 4 RoutingService.

Implementing a Lightweight ESB Using Content Based Routing in WCF 4 and Transformation in XSLT 2.0

5 Aug 2010 by AmbarRay

This article is an attempt to implement a lightweight Enterprise Service Bus using content-based routing in WCF 4 and message mapping transformation using XSLT 2.0.

entity-framework

CompactMessageEncoder

4 Sep 2007 by Ami Bar

The CompactMessageEncoder compresses messages transparently on the communication channel. Hence, lowers the network usage.

Peer to Peer File Sharing Through WCF

10 Jan 2018 by Amir Jalilifard

In this article, you are going to learn about P2P Network and Windows Communication Foundation to share your files between peers through a P2P network.

How to Mock a WCF Service

27 Jan 2012 by Amit Shrivastava Gurgaon

How to Mock a WCF Service while writing a unit test

A simple POC using ASP.NET Web API, Entity Framework, Autofac, Cross Domain Support

27 Oct 2012 by Anand Ranjan Pandey

The purpose of this article is to create a proof of concept to demonstrate the feasibility of ASP.NET Web API Beta Version.

WCF Durable Service

16 Oct 2014 by anand.kmr1985

WCF Durable service

Windows communication foundation (WCF) call hopping mechanism for a nested WCF environment

2 Jul 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How Call hopping can be achieved in Nested WCF

SSL with Self-hosted WCF Service

1 Mar 2008 by anarchistic

An article on the sometimes esoteric nature of certificates and WCF

WCF Proxy Generation Options

11 Feb 2009 by anarchistic

An overview of a number of different ways of generating proxies for using WCF Services.

13 Feb 2009 by anarchistic

WCF thottling is about more than just the throttling options.

MCF Service with Membership Provider Over SSL

22 Jan 2008 by Andrewiski

How to setup an MCF Service to use the ASP Membership Provider.

Developing and Consuming WCF Service - Separating Service, Contract, Proxy and Client

2 Mar 2010 by Aneesur Rehman Khan

Describes how to develop and consume WCF service for large enterprize systems

.NET Framework 3.0 Buffet

27 Dec 2006 by Anil Kr. Sharma

.NET Framework 3.0 primer.

WCF Intermediate Service between Client and Server

29 Sep 2008 by Anil_gupta

This article describes how to create a load balancer, routing WCF service between client and WCF server service

Serialization in Windows Communication Foundation

4 Nov 2008 by Anil_gupta

It describes about serialization and message encoding in Windows Communication Foundation.

Silver Draw - A Silverlight Based Collaboration White Board with Drawing and Chat

2 Nov 2009 by Anoop Pillai

Silver Draw shows how to use Silverlight and WCF Polling Duplex services to create realtime collaboration apps.

The Curious Case of Internet Information Services

20 Sep 2010 by anshudutta

A series of problems in IIS

WCF REST 4.0 Authorization with Form Based Authentication (SetAuthCookie)

19 Mar 2013 by Anupama Agarwal

How to create custom authorization policy and return HTTPContext Identity for authorization.

WCF: From a Beginner's perspective & a Tutorial

4 Apr 2013 by Anurag Sinha V

This article tries to dig in as to what is WCF, how to code WCF services

WCF: From a Beginner's perspective and a tutorial - Sequel

2 Apr 2013 by Anurag Sinha V

This article gives a tutorial on consuming WCF service in ASP.NET web site and to create AJAX enabled WCF Service.

Creating a Generic (Static and Unchanging) WCF Interface

11 Dec 2012 by Aron Weiler

Learn how to create a static and unchanging WCF interface that still supports most WCF capabilities.

Using WCF in .NET Compact Framework

14 Jun 2009 by Artem S. Dmitriev

This article will show you how to create a proxy client to the WCF web service from PDA device.

Array instead of List in WCF

28 Nov 2009 by Artem S. Dmitriev

This article describes the differences between using arrays and generic lists in WCF.

Introduction of Window Communication Foundation

4 Sep 2011 by Arthanarieaswaran Shanmugaraj

Explains basic information and steps for creating new WCF Service

Create and Consume RESTFul Service in .NET Framework 4.0

23 Mar 2012 by Arthanarieaswaran Shanmugaraj

Explains the basics of REST services and create & consume RESTful service in ASP.NET

A Simple Silverlight RSS Reader

21 Jun 2010 by Arun Jacob

This is a simple Silverlight RSS Reader which pulls out data from a feed URL.

A WCF Review and How to Debug It

17 Jun 2008 by aSarafian

A WCF review from the perspective of bussiness application development, and some debugging problem solving hints.

Debug a WCF Service with Edit and Continue Support

28 Jun 2008 by aSarafian

Debuging a WCF service through a provider class

Migrating ASMX Services to WCF Services

17 Jan 2012 by aSarafian

Creating a WCF Service to replace existing ASMX Services.

Putting WCF to Work

14 Jan 2016 by Asher Barak, Itiel Beeri

Infrastructure for large scale WCF services layer development

Create RESTful WCF Service API: Step By Step Guide

30 Aug 2010 by ashutosh k. shukla

Step by Step Guide to create Restful WCF service API in ASP.NET and C#

CREATE RESTful WCF Service API Using POST: Step By Step Guide

25 May 2011 by ashutosh k. shukla

This article will help you to create RESTful WCF POST API. I have given Client and Server example which is really easy to understand.

iPaint

1 Sep 2013 by Ashwin Singh IND

Not your average painting app

Windows card space

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Windows CardSpace: enables users to provide their digital identities in a familiar, secure and easy way. In the physical world we use business cards,

Windows Communication Foundation

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

Windows Communication FoundationWindows Communication Foundation (WCF) is an SDK for developing and deploying services on Windows. WCF provides a

Fault Contracts in WCF

11 Oct 2013 by ASP.NET Community

WCF provides us a facility to specify the fault behavior of our service. It provides a FaultException Class. Whenever our service implementation

Instrumenting WCF, Extending WCF using IServiceBehavior, IOperationBehavior, and IParameterInspector

9 Jan 2014 by Assil

This article describes an advanced technique or feature in WCF

Make WCF Duplex Breeze and Add Fun to it.

17 Jan 2014 by Assil

A running example of a duplex channel in WCF services.

WCF Router LoadBalancer

23 Jan 2014 by Assil

Illustrates how to make a primitive load balancer using the routing feature

Workflow Foundation Project Using Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition

2 Nov 2008 by Ayman Sydney

Sequential WF example using VS 2008 Express Edition.

JSON serialization and de-serialization in WCF DataContracts

7 Jun 2009 by Balamurali Balaji

Explains how to use JSON serialization and deserialization in WCF DataContracts.

WCF 4.5 Services Development with Entity Framework and MVC 4

15 Oct 2013 by Balimusi

WCF 4.5 Services Development using Entity Framework and MVC 4 front-end

Converting SOAP-based WCF Service to RESTful Design

9 May 2013 by Balimusi

In this article, we will take an existing SOAP-based service and convert it over to a more RESTful design.

Silverlight Application with WCF Service and Child Windows as Popups - Part 1

13 May 2011 by Balwant.mnd

Silverlight application for scheduling a meeting

SQL-Server-2008

Silverlight Application with WCF Service and Child Windows as Popups - Part 2

13 May 2011 by Balwant.mnd

Meeting Schedule - Part II - Saving to database and sending email to all the contacts

Developing WCF Restful Services with GET and POST Methods

30 Oct 2011 by Bangla Gopal Surya Prakash

How to create WCF REST based service

GeoNames .NET WCF Client

21 Apr 2009 by baretta2

A .NET WCF client for accessing the GeoNames services

POCO Entities Through RIA Services

10 Dec 2010 by Beavis Killer

This article demonstrates how to generate plain old class objects (POCO) from the Entity Framework v4 (EF4) and use them through RIA Services in SilverLight version 4.

Creating a Domain Service Factory to Host POCO Entities

10 Dec 2010 by Beavis Killer

This article demonstrates how to write a domain service factory to host plain old class object (POCO) entities and use them through RIA Services in Silverlight version 4.

Integrating WCF Services

24 Apr 2008 by Ben Liew

This article describes how WCF services can be loaded on-the-fly (without prior knowledge of the services’ contracts), setting its parameters and sequencing their invocation.

Silverlight 4 with (HTTP) Duplex and SQL Notifications

17 Jan 2011 by Bert O Neill

Get updates to your browser immediately when a change has occurred within the database.

Silverlight 4, Ria Services, and Entity Framework Complex Types

8 Mar 2011 by Bert O Neill

How to use complex types on the client.

Scalable Asynchronous Duplex Communication Between WPF and WCF

4 Sep 2011 by Bert O Neill

Scalable duplex communication between WPF and WCF.

Techniques to "Fault Find Issues" - Within Your Remote WCF Services

12 Dec 2013 by Bert O Neill

Know how to find issues within your deployed WCF services

WCF - A Quick Review

3 Sep 2013 by Bhupendra Chauhan

This article is for those who want to revise WCF in a single go.

WCF Contract Inheritance problem Explained simply

9 Jun 2014 by Bilel Msekni

How to properly replace base classes with sub classes in WCF contracts ?

Handling Large Data Sets in Silverlight using WCF and Customized DataGrids

3 Jul 2010 by bl@cksheep

Display, edit and save large data sets in Silverlight using WCF based services and customized DataGrids

WCF Serialization

9 Feb 2009 by Bnaya Eshet

WCF Serialization does not call the constructor

WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Example

14 Dec 2006 by Bo Hansen

A simple example of WCF (Windows Communication Foundation): a simple client/server solution.

C# WCF Client/Server without HTTP with Callbacks Made Easy

19 Aug 2009 by Bob Bevers

A simple way to do callbacks that works in C# in programs

Hosting a WCF Web Service inside a Windows Service using Spring.Net

21 Dec 2014 by BobbyPhillips

Step-by-step guide to building a WCF Web Service hosted in a Windows Service

.NET Library to Easily Save Property Data

12 May 2014 by Brad Joss

[RegSave] your property to the Registry, and more.

Walkthrough: Creating an N-tier Data Application with a ASP.NET Presentation Tier

2 Dec 2011 by Brian C Hart

How to create an N-tier Data Application with a ASP.NET Presentation Tier

Stream Operation in WCF

4 Jun 2009 by Bruce Zhang

WCF provides support for Stream object. It typically recommends the developer to handle the message whose size is too large as Stream object for the sake of high performance. However, there are some constraints on Stream operation that need to be noted.

Focus on the Extension of WCF Behavior

18 Sep 2014 by Bruce Zhang

WCF provides a flexible and extensible architecture for the developer. The most common situation is to customize the extension of behavior. It is not complex, but some issues should be noticed. This article discusses how to extend the behavior in WCF.

Setting up Silverlight, RIA Services, NHibernate and Validators

6 Oct 2010 by Bruno Altinet

How to set up a basic application using Silverlight, RIA and NHibernate with top to bottom validation, all nice and fluent:)

entity-framework

Three-tier .NET Application Utilizing Three ORM Technologies

30 Jan 2010 by Bryan Thomas Weikel

LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, and NHibernate used in a parallel fashion in a three-tier WinForms application.

SQL-Server-2005

Write a Silverlight Client to Consume WCF Service

23 Mar 2009 by ByteBlocks

Article describing how to write a Silverlight client to consume a WCF service

Using WCF Callback Services Throttling

2 Sep 2008 by Cameron Hanchey

When using callbacks with transient subscribers, you must leave the channel open. This is how to manage and use service throttling to open up your service to more than 10 subscribers.

Simple Real-Time Ticker Using C# / NET / WCF / WPF

1 Oct 2008 by Carlos A Alvarez

This article is a basic working sample of using WCF and WPF to publish real-time data.

WCF Implementation of the Publisher/Subscriber Model

9 Jan 2008 by chakkaradeepcc

Implementation of the Publisher and Subscriber model.