Questions tagged [wcf-proxy]

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Silverlight 4.0 and WCF client proxy - how to create and how to close instances

Topic of Silverlight WCF service proxy lifecycle is not very clear to me. I have read various materials, resources, answers here, but still I don't completely understand the supposed best way to use them. I am using custom binary binding in…
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How to prevent 'Specified' properties being generated in WCF clients?

I have two .NET 3.5 WCF services build with VS2008. I have two WCF clients in Silverlight to consume these services. The clients are generated with the 'Add Service Reference'. I am using Silverlight 4. ONE of the proxies is generated with…
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Unity to dispose of object

Is there a way to make Unity dispose property-injected objects as part of the Teardown? The background is that I am working on an application that uses ASP.NET MVC 2, Unity and WCF. We have written our own MVC controller factory that uses unity to…
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Why does WCF generated proxy wrap contract interface methods with new methods with different signatures?

I'm subcsribing to the SQL Server 2008 SSRS web service ( .../reportserver/ReportService2005.asmx?wsdl) using WCF, with default WCF config options as far as I can tell. It does something weird when it generates the local proxy classes though. I'll…
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What is the proper life-cycle of a WCF service client proxy in Silverlight 3?

I'm finding mixed answers to my question out in the web. To elaborate on the question: Should I instantiate a service client proxy once per asynchronous invocation, or once per Silverlight app? Should I close the service client proxy explicitly…
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WCF Proxy fails following call to external API

I have a Web API controller method that calls an external REST API service using the HttpClient. The results of the external REST call are then passed to a WCF Service via a call to its proxy. If I call the WCF proxy first and then call the external…
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What are the Pitfalls of using a shared static WCF Proxy Client?

I am considering using a Shared (read static) WCF proxy client for a high throughput application. I believe there is a performance gain in doing this, but I have not benchmarked this as yet. Are there some serious pitfalls to this idea? From my…
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Handling WCF Proxy null return issue

I have a WCF Client Proxy connected to a third party webservice. The proxy works fine with nearly everything except on function. This function works just fine with a ASMX proxy. I have added service trace logging and can see the response from the…
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How do I get WCF to generate a list of proxies?

How do I get WCF to generate a list or IEnumerable of proxies to the actual object? I'm doing this in a self-hosted application. Here's what I have: public interface IRemoteControlGroup { List GetInstances(); } public class…
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Invoking WCF service methods without having a proxy

Is there anyway I can invoke a WCF service without adding service reference or even having a proxy at all.
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WCF - Can I generate one proxy from two separate interfaces

I have two separate interfaces and two separate endpoints (.svc files) defined in a single WCF project. These interfaces share common objects in the project. Is there a way to create a single proxy that combines both interfaces and all the objects,…
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Unable to trap custom exception in WCF client

I know this question has been asked on a number of occassions (believe me I know I have went through almost every one of the posts). However, I still can't get it to work... I have the following simple service: [ServiceContract] public interface…
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migrating webclient to WCF; WCF client serializes parametername of method

I'm struggling with migrating from webservice/webclient architecture to WCF architecture. The object are very complex, with lots of nested xsd's and different namespaces. Proxy classes are generated by adding a Web Reference to an original wsdl with…
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Speed up WCF client instantiation?

Suppose my WCF client interface is called ISDK, and the client object itself is called ISDKClient, as generated by svcutil. When I instantiate a WCF client like this: Dim myClient As New ISDKClient it takes around 1.5sec to create the first client,…
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WCF Async methods not generated in proxy interface

I want to use the Asnyc methods rather than the Begin/End on my WCF service client proxy because I'm updating WPF controls and need to make sure they're being updated from the UI thread. I could use the Dispatcher…
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