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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.

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WCF

WCF Client For Web Services that Require Authorization by HTTP Header

24 Dec 2023 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

20 Nov 2023 by Zijian

Live with WCF in the .NET Core Landscape

How to: Implement Azure Key Vault in Legacy WCF Services using .NET Standard Library, .NET, C#, Azure, WCF, Architect, Design, Dev

4 Oct 2019 by cwesley

WCF Key vault implementation using .NET Standard

Dependency Injection in "WCF Service Library" Project with Self hosting

30 Jul 2019 by Sunny Makode

There are several contents available on the internet that talk about injecting dependencies through .svc file's markup [in WCF service application] and it's easy when you have a WCF service application. But, it is equally easy to do that even in your WCF Library project (without .svc).

WCF Sync to Async Conversion

15 Jan 2019 by bclegg

Converting a synchronous WCF contract to an asynchronous one

Ever Try to Retrieve Relying Party Application Authenticated Under ACS (an Identity and Access Management Middleware) or the RP Identity Provider Name

26 Apr 2018 by Girish Kalamati

RETRIEVE RELYING PARTY APPLICATION name and RP IDP Names

Build Your Own Web Server Using WCF!

15 Mar 2018 by Dave M. (Member 10734106)

Develop a simple lite web server using WCF

Hide Empty String Property in WCF Serializing

29 Sep 2017 by Laszlo Voros

We force to hide an empty string-property by serializing with EmitDefaultValue

How to Generate Basic Swagger yaml Description for WCF Automatically on Build Time with Swagger4WCF .NET 4.0+

4 Jun 2017 by Puresharper

How to generate basic swagger yaml description for WCF automatically on build time with Swagger4WCF .NET 4.0+

How to Handle Faults in WCF without Declaring Them Explicitly

16 Mar 2017 by Arthur Minduca

How to handle faults in WCF without declaring them explicitly

Extending WCF: DependentServiceHost<T>

26 Oct 2016 by Jon McKee

Extending the ServiceHost class to support dependency injection

WCF REST Service for Raw XML

3 May 2016 by SSBO

Receive raw XML in WCF service

Consuming SAP PI Web Service without WSDL

19 Feb 2016 by Abhishek Shrotriya

This tip gives the very basic/simple implementation to interact with SAP PI webservice for authorized recipients.

WCF Binding with MSMQ and fail-over Cluster Implementation for MSMQ

11 Feb 2016 by Deependra Sampang

Usage of WCF for sending messages, WAS binding of MSMQ message queue for processing of messages, fail-over set up for MSMQ server

Integration of MVC to WCF Service

28 Dec 2015 by Dhruti90

MVC functionalities with web service with simple integration

Integration of MVC to WCF Service

23 Dec 2015 by Dhruti90

MVC functionalities with Web Service with simple integration

A Basic WCF Service using EF

22 Dec 2015 by MarcusCole6833

A basic tutorial on how to Use WCF service with the Entity Framework

ServicePredicateBuilder for creating Serializable Expressions

30 Nov 2015 by Mohammad Dayyan, VahidJafari

A library for creating .Net Serializable Expressions to send via WCF services

ServiceHost --- WCF Communication Details - Part 1

24 Nov 2015 by Damon Du

Dig into the WCF inside and talk about WCF communication details, including how a WCF service is hosted, how channel layer works in WCF, and how messages are transported on the internet and so on.

AutoCompleteExtender working with EntityFramework! (Reload 2015)

12 Nov 2015 by Eduardo Yost

Creating a Web User Control containing an AutoCompleteExtender for data through WCF (JSON) allowing to store the entity selected through EntityFramework. Entity object serialization from the server to the client and the client to the server.

Hosting WCF Service with netTcpBinding on IIS7

1 Nov 2015 by ASP.NET Community

Hosting a WCF Service with netTcpBinding on IIS7

Create a Self-Hosted WCF Service - Beginner's Turorial For WCF

25 Oct 2015 by Damon Du

This tip documents problems encountered in the process of learning WCF and Computer Network.

Adding Support for PasswordDigest to WCF Service References

24 Sep 2015 by Phil Boyd

Adding support for PasswordDigest to WCF Service References

REST API Made Easy with Supido

6 Sep 2015 by jseijas2

In this tip, we will see how you make quick REST API from database defining the API in a configuration file.

Hosting WCF Service III

6 Aug 2015 by Math08avan

Hosting WCF Service - IIS Hosting

How To Create A REST Based JSON Service in WCF

31 Jul 2015 by Manish_Kaushal

This tip provides a quick starter guide to create a RESTful JSON service in WCF.

A Beginner's CRUD Using WCF in ASP.NET

16 Jul 2015 by Math08avan

A simple example for CRUD actions using WCF service in ASP.NET

SQL-Server-2012

WCF RESTful on Windows Service Host

14 Jul 2015 by Member 11832771

Hosting WCF REST Service on Windows Service

Azure Cloud Service with ASP.NET MVC and WCF

10 Jul 2015 by Mukesh Pr@sad

This tip describes how to build an application in Azure Cloud with ASP.NET MVC and WCF.

How to use PresentationRequestor over WCF

12 Jun 2015 by HUONG Minh-Luong

This tip explains how we can use PresentationRequestor to query presentation objects over WCF.

Understand about DELETE Verb in Web API RESTful Services using Data from Both Request Body As Well As URI

28 Apr 2015 by Tania Jindal

In this tip, we see how DELETE HTTP verb can be used to generate a DELETE request passing data both in request Body and Uri

Introduction to WCF

6 Apr 2015 by Santhakumar Munuswamy @ Chennai

This tip explains WCF and helps understand the difference between WCF and Web Services.

Using WCF Service in Windows Phone 8.1

3 Apr 2015 by tungnt185

This article will guide you how to using WCF service in Windows Phone.

Syrilium.Caching

19 Mar 2015 by Hrvoje Batrnek

Easy and seamless caching implementation of any virtual method in any class

How to Create WCF REST Service for Mobile App

18 Mar 2015 by tungnt185

This tip will show you how to create a WCF service return JSON use for mobile app.

WCF Example for Inserting, Deleting and Displaying Data using a WCF Service in ASP.NET

11 Mar 2015 by Sujeet Bhujbal

A practical example of a WCF service for inserting , Deleting and Displaying Data using a WCF Service in ASP.NET

Logging SOAP Web Service Envelop (Request and Reply) in .NET

25 Feb 2015 by Mohsen Heydari

Intercepting WCF and SOAP services for logging SOAP envelope

NetPipe Binding in WCF using window service

16 Feb 2015 by TalentTuner

In this article, I’ll describe how to use NetNamePipe binding in a WCF application.

NetTcp Binding in WCF using window service

16 Feb 2015 by TalentTuner

In this article, I’ll describe how to use NetTcp binding in a WCF application.

WCF Service Hosted on "any binding, on Any Hosted Domain"

15 Feb 2015 by mozwizard

Out of frustration comes simplicity ...

Migrate from WCF Rest Services to Web API 2- Basics of Attribute Routing

11 Jan 2015 by RaviAakula

Web API 2- Basics of Attribute Routing

Transfer File Using WCF

8 Jan 2015 by a.alghabban

How to use WCF to stream large file size over TCP

Custom WCF Web Service Startup Method in Host Agnostic Environment

24 Dec 2014 by Alexander Batishchev

Implementing WCF behavior extension to run code on service launch

Joining Table and Display Data using WCF Service in MVC

21 Dec 2014 by Shah Ankita

How to join table and display data using WCF Service in MVC

WCF REST - HTTP POST of Stream Data

6 Dec 2014 by Valentino_Lokesh

This tip explains how to POST different kinds of data (string, XML, JSON or bytes) to a Single WCF REST Operation.

Transferring Large Data With WCF

23 Nov 2014 by Suniil Kumar Pal

Configuration settings need to be made to transfer large data with WCF

WCF Restful Service Form Authentication

6 Nov 2014 by sandeep12jain

WCF Restful Service Authentication without SSL Certificate

Configure WCF Service to REST

31 Oct 2014 by Shivarajbk

This tip explains how to write RESTFUL WCF service for Android applications.

Exception Handling in WCF

30 Oct 2014 by Dominic Burford

Exception handling in WCF

Send Email using WCF Service

27 Oct 2014 by Sujeet Bhujbal

How to send email using a WCF Service.

How to Create WCF Timeout Operation Behavior

16 Oct 2014 by Assil

Just one way to solve a common problem of WCF timing out

10 Oct 2014 by Gerardo Recinto

Virtualization of RAM & Disk for high-speed, low-footprint & scalable data caching

Deploying Your WCF Web Service to IIS

7 Oct 2014 by Dominic Burford

Deploying your WCF web service to IIS

Detecting Client Connection in WCF Long Running Service (Heartbeat Implementation)

30 Sep 2014 by WaqaarRasool

Heartbeat Implementation in WCF Service in C#

Consuming OAUTH Enabled Restful WCF Service using JavaScript

10 Sep 2014 by Surya Kiran Bonugu

Client Web Application which consumes OAUTH enabled restful WCF service using JavaScript

MVC and jQuery with WCF Data Service

4 Sep 2014 by Chathuranga Muthukumarana

MVC and jQuery with WCF Data Service

Host WCF on LocalHost and access via Internet

1 Sep 2014 by Jitendra sondarva

Consume WCF service/ access WCF service, that hosted on Localhost (IIS 7.5 or IIS express)

File Upload using WCF REST API and JavaScript

28 Jul 2014 by lusgon

Uploading a file using WCF REST API and JavaScript

WCF and Windows Services: Object Initialization of WCF Client Proxy Takes Too Much Time

7 Jul 2014 by Anant Beriwal

How to avoid delay in Object Initialization of WCF client proxy in a Window service

Convert Existing BizTalk WCF Service from “http” Binding to “netTCP” Binding

7 Jul 2014 by KundanKarma

It gives step by step approach.

A Micro Web Server Using WCF

7 Jul 2014 by Michael Bergman

Using Windows Communication Foundation to build a simple web server

Pass Values from One Silverlight Application to Another Silverlight Application using WCF Service

17 Apr 2014 by muralikannan_t

How to pass values from one Silverlight application to another using WCF service

Dynamic Generation of Client Proxy at Runtime in WCF using a Single Factory

11 Apr 2014 by Krishnendu Ghosh

Dynamic Generation of Client Proxy at Runtime in WCF using a Single Factory

Code Generation And WCF Inheritance

10 Apr 2014 by Mirko Rezzin

Explain how to implement code generation and inheritance in a WCF service

Getting Unrecognized Attribute Target Framework Exception

8 Apr 2014 by Rahul_Bansal

Remove the ‘Anonymous Authentication’ exception that occurs at the time of WCF service (3.5 framework) hosting on IIS

Remove the Anonymous Authentication Exception in WCF

5 Apr 2014 by Rahul_Bansal

Remove the ‘Anonymous Authentication’ exception that occurs at the time of WCF service (3.5 framework) hosting on IIS

Running Programs on a Remote Machine with Web Services

1 Apr 2014 by smoore4

Run programs on remote machines without PsExec or WMI

Passing Object Collections to ASP.NET Web API

16 Jan 2014 by Tom Glick Philadelphia, US

POC to demonstrate passing of collections of complex objects to ASP.NET Web API Controllers.

ASP.NET Webservices in Java via kSOAP

5 Jan 2014 by User 10259217

Handy bridge between ASP.NET webservices and Java

How to host a WCF service without IIS in a development and production environment

5 Dec 2013 by Infoteam SA

Two solutions to host a self-hosted WCF Service

Calling a service with oasis header in C#

23 Oct 2013 by Chaitanya Kolla

Adding the WS-Security Header to a request using the WCF bindings

Method Overloading in WCF

19 Sep 2013 by Member 10409352

Issue of method overloading in WCF and solution.

Service for solving Vehicle Routing Problem using genetic algorithms and C#

28 Aug 2013 by Andrii Cherednychenko

Article describes how vehicle routing problem can be solved using genetic algorithms. Performance of C# version and solution architecture are also briefly covered

SVCUtil User Interface

26 Aug 2013 by Kelvin Armstrong

GUI application for running SVCUtil to generate service model code

Build a WCF Authentication Self-host App with SSL

25 Aug 2013 by yafeya

Build a username authentication WCF self-host application with SSL

Hello World, Basic Server/Client Example of WCF

24 Aug 2013 by Hasan Habib Surzo

Basic Server/Client Example using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) programming

Passing parameters to Success method in executeQueryAsync in SharePoint

21 Aug 2013 by shahed.sohail

Passing Parameters to Success method in executeQueryAsync.

WCF channelfactory and DataContracts (complex data types) to consume gSoap web services

2 Aug 2013 by Prasad Agarmore

Datacontract channelfactory WCF way of consuming SOAP web services written in C, C++ using gSoap framework on Linux platform

Simple Chat program in C#

17 Jun 2013 by Kamalakumar

This is a simple chat program using WCF with NetTcp binding.

A Batch process using RESTful WCF Service

6 Jun 2013 by Ankurkumarbora

This tip contains a solution for a Batch process which invokes a RESTful WCF Service.

What is KnownType Attribute and How to Use It in WCF Technology

4 Jun 2013 by mehr4n mousavi

What is KnownType attribute and how to use it

Creating a WCF Service with JSON Data and Using it on iOS

31 Mar 2013 by Melih Mucuk

Creating a WCF Service with JSON data for use on iOS

Replay Failed Workflow

25 Mar 2013 by SumitJaiswal

Knowledge sharing article on WWF.

Underappreciated Articles - The Number of Articles here on CodeProject is as we all know - HUGE - and Some Gems are Easily Lost in this Ocean of Knowledge

22 Mar 2013 by Espen Harlinn

Articles I feel, and hope, people will appreciate

Difference between Proxy and Channel Factory in WCF

7 Mar 2013 by Sujeet Bhujbal

In this article I will show you the differences between WCF channel factory and proxy and when to use them.

Managing server failover in WCF

4 Mar 2013 by Dima Zevelev

In this article I will talk about server failover and how to manage it.

Simple jQuery Carousel Matrix 2D AJAX

28 Feb 2013 by Dav Zen

Simple and easy to use jQuery matrix 2D.

WCF Custom Binding

21 Feb 2013 by A Mahesh

In WCF, you can easily create custom bindings using configuration and custom implementations.

Return Comma Separated String using SQL

30 Jan 2013 by Yogesh Gulve

Return Comma Separated String using SQL

SQL-Server-2005

Gain More Performance in ASP Web API, Replace Standard Serialization with MessagePack

25 Jan 2013 by Oleksandr Kulchytskyi

Boost up your serialization in ASP.NET Web API.

Open Chat using Azure and Windows RT

16 Jan 2013 by Houssem_Dellai

Developing the client and server side for a chat application.

WCF, Entity Framework, and Data Contracts

11 Jan 2013 by Kumar_Jitendra

Expose an Entity Framework class entity as a data contract.

Creating and Closing of WCF Proxies

12 Dec 2012 by Michael Bendtsen

Implementing a service proxy that automatically closes the proxy after each call.

Create a WCF Service using wsHttpBinding and use in a Windows Forms application

10 Dec 2012 by Luhuiya

Create a WCF service using wsHttpBinding and use in a Windows Forms application.

Cache System in Silverlight 5 RIA Application - Part 1 - Data Load

4 Nov 2012 by Michele Ziparo

An effective way to implement a caching system in Silverlight (MVVM) RIA

Accessing Data through Web Service in Windows 8 Stores App - VS2012

24 Oct 2012 by Ramanujam Shankar

Show data in grid view control of Windows Stores App using web service or WCF

Injection of WCF proxies in ASP.NET MVC controllers using Castle Windsor

12 Sep 2012 by Alexandr Mihalciuc

This tip shows how to inject WCF proxies into controllers using Castle Windsor Interceptors.

Generic WCF RestFul Service for an iPad Application

27 Aug 2012 by SONI Technologies (http://sonitechnology.com)

WCF Restful Service which accept data from iPad in any form. e.g JSON, XML, Plain text

Selfhosted Secure WCF by Id password, custom validation

2 Aug 2012 by Himanshu Thawait

WCF With No config file needed – all setting in code only, No IIS – Self hosted, consume by channel factory

Encrypt & Decrypt Strings in Silverlight

31 Jul 2012 by Christian Amado

A very brief article about the implementation of encryption and decryption of a string in Silverlight Business Application