Could not find endpoint element with name 'xxxxx' and contract 'yyy' in the ServiceModel client configuration section

Question

I generated a proxy via this command -

and then copied the elements from the resulting app.config into the app.config file of an existing project.

When I try to access the client in that config file via-

it should reference the second client below:

  <client>
  <endpoint address="https://webservices.hmsa.com/EDI27X/cstc/Hipaa27XService.svc"
            binding="customBinding" 
            bindingConfiguration="wsHttpEndpoint" 
            contract="HIPAA27XServiceContract" 
            name="wsHttpEndpoint" />
  <endpoint address="https://12.23.28.113:9047/MHService" 
            binding="customBinding"
            bindingConfiguration="MHService_MHSPort" 
            contract="MHS"
            name="MHSPort" />
</client>

but instead I get the error;

If I go to definition of MHSClient, it takes me to the proxy.cs file and this line;

Answer 1

solved with the following-

Once I created the endpoint address then I could instantiate/create the service using the correct overload;
var b = new CustomBinding() as the first argument and for the second argument,
the correct endpoint address.

complicated - WS-Security - IBM Websphere server interop <-> wcf client
within the context of various .NET and Visual Studio implementations of web services...
oh my

Answer 2

You probably need to set the ConfigurationName property of the ServiceContractAttribute above the service contract interface, ConfigurationName should match your contract name.

'VB.NET:
Imports System.ServiceModel

<ServiceContract([Namespace]:="http://yournamespace", ConfigurationName:="MHS")> _
Public Interface MHS

//C#:
using System.ServiceModel;

[ServiceContract(Namespace="http://yournamespace", ConfigurationName="MHS")]
public interface MHS

Look at the auto generated code here: MSDN: How to: Create a Windows Communication Foundation Client

Also worth looking at: MSDN: ServiceContractAttribute Class