How can I make Visual Studio 2005 call a WCF service?

Question

如何使Visual Studio 2005调用WCF服务？

Answer 1

是的，使用wsHttpBinding将服务公开为标准Web服务。

Answer 2

Yes you can.

• If you have .NET 3.0 or 3.5 installed, you can add references to the WCF assemblies (System.ServiceModel.dll etc) which are in the directory "%WINDIR%\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v3.0\\Windows Communication Foundation". Visual Studio 2005 does not include the svcutil utility that generates a WCF proxy, but you can download this (it comes with the Windows SDK), or use WCF without a generated proxy (eg by using the ChannelFactory<T> class).

• Or you can add a web reference to a WCF service that uses the basicHttpBinding, as suggested by Jeremy Lew.

Answer 3

You need to use the basic HTTP binding. See this article for details.

Answer 4

Just to prevent some from looking this up - you used to be able to download a CTP version of WCF extensions to VS 2005, but this has never gone beyond CTP see this thread

It is still possible to get these in non-ms sites, if all you wish is to try some stuff, but without a doubt the correct way is to either use basicHttpBinding and consume the service as a "normal" web service or move to Visual Studio 2008.