WCF Service Host Problems

Posted By: JeremyJ | Feb 28th, 2008 @ 3:33 PM
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#Feb 28th, 2008 @ 3:33 PM
JeremyJ
JeremyJ
The pioneers would be appalled!

I have 2 projects.  The first project is a WCF service library project and the second is a Windows form project that will host the WCF service.  Every time I run the windows form project, the WCF Service Host application loads at the same time.  When I try to host the service in my forms application it gives me an error saying the service is already hosted.

I have tried going into the service library project and unchecking the "Enable the Visual Studio hosting process" checkbox and it still loads every time.

Does anyone know how to get the WCF Service Host to stop loading?

#Feb 28th, 2008 @ 3:55 PM
JeremyJ
JeremyJ
The pioneers would be appalled!

I actually found the solution myself.

When you create a WCF Service Library project it adds an app.config to the project.  To host the service you have to copy the contents of the app.config to the host projects app.config.

The presence of an app.config (even if empty) in the service project triggers the launching of the WCF Service Host.  I deleted the app.config from the service project and it stopped loading.

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