Comments on: How To: Create a Web Service with WCF http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:37:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Bjorn van der Neut http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-992 Bjorn van der Neut Tue, 27 May 2008 06:44:52 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-992 Create! Newer now what: WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) exactly was. But now I do. Its just another way of making an web service. Bye Bjorn Create! Newer now what:
WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) exactly was. But now I do. Its just another way of making an web service.

Bye
Bjorn

]]> By: David Baxter http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-993 David Baxter Tue, 27 May 2008 12:26:39 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-993 WCF is actually a lot more than just a way to create webservices...this just happens to be one aspect of it. If you go digging, you will find that the WCF stuff is a pretty deep hole. Lots of good stuff in there. David WCF is actually a lot more than just a way to create webservices…this just happens to be one aspect of it. If you go digging, you will find that the WCF stuff is a pretty deep hole. Lots of good stuff in there.

David

]]> By: Dino http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1029 Dino Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:43:30 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1029 Thanx for the Explanation. It made me very easy to understand WCF. Thanx for the Explanation. It made me very easy to understand WCF.

]]> By: Min Lin http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1037 Min Lin Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:03:55 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1037 Thanks for the article; a great read! The article shows how to read / retrieve data but how for example write data back to the web service for storage to database? Thanks for the article; a great read! The article shows how to read / retrieve data but how for example write data back to the web service for storage to database?

]]> By: David Baxter http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1038 David Baxter Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:27:18 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1038 Hey Min...glad you liked the article. Basically my goal here was to give the basics on how to do just about anything with a WCF...sending data to the service would follow basically the same rules. Email me if you are having trouble. David Hey Min…glad you liked the article. Basically my goal here was to give the basics on how to do just about anything with a WCF…sending data to the service would follow basically the same rules.

Email me if you are having trouble.

David

]]> By: MAtthew http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1080 MAtthew Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:57:44 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1080 Hey David, Great article. It is nice to see such a clear and concise introduction to WCF. I have a two part question: 1) My first question is about calling a WCF webservice from plain old JavaScript (not AJAX.NET) i.e. How can I add JavaScript to a page that would call my web service and send/ retrieve some data? 2) My second question is: can I call a WCF web service from another domain? (i.e. A third party site includes a reference to my JS file and that JS file calls the web service) thanks Matthew Hey David,

Great article. It is nice to see such a clear and concise introduction to WCF.

I have a two part question:
1) My first question is about calling a WCF webservice from plain old JavaScript (not AJAX.NET) i.e. How can I add JavaScript to a page that would call my web service and send/ retrieve some data?

2) My second question is: can I call a WCF web service from another domain? (i.e. A third party site includes a reference to my JS file and that JS file calls the web service)

thanks

Matthew

]]> By: David Baxter http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1081 David Baxter Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:47:53 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1081 Hey Matthew, glad you liked the article. Hope it gets ya goin'. Here are some answers to your questions. 1. I found a handy dandy article that explains how do connect WCF to javascript. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb514961.aspx 2. Yes you can...speaking from an ASP.NET perspective all you need to do is create your service reference and point to the website that hosts it. Everything else should be the same. Hope that helps! Feel free to email me at david[at]creativeui[dot]com if you need anything else. David Hey Matthew, glad you liked the article. Hope it gets ya goin’.

Here are some answers to your questions.

1. I found a handy dandy article that explains how do connect WCF to javascript. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb514961.aspx

2. Yes you can…speaking from an ASP.NET perspective all you need to do is create your service reference and point to the website that hosts it. Everything else should be the same.

Hope that helps! Feel free to email me at david[at]creativeui[dot]com if you need anything else.

David

]]> By: Elvin http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1124 Elvin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:47:21 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1124 Very helpful. Thanks, David. However, I have a problem in the part when I can use the service in a code behind. Typing "using" intellisense should show me that namespace, right? It's not coming out. I did this for the old web services but it was successful. Not sure why this isn't working. Thanks in advance. Very helpful. Thanks, David.

However, I have a problem in the part when I can use the service in a code behind. Typing “using” intellisense should show me that namespace, right? It’s not coming out.

I did this for the old web services but it was successful. Not sure why this isn’t working.

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: David Baxter http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1125 David Baxter Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:55:11 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1125 Intellisense should work when you have your service references setup correctly. You may need to update them if you have made changes recently. David Intellisense should work when you have your service references setup correctly. You may need to update them if you have made changes recently.

David

]]> By: Dean http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1140 Dean Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:34:15 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1140 This really kicked started my involvement with WCF, thanks for the clarity. This really kicked started my involvement with WCF, thanks for the clarity.

]]> By: Carol http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1141 Carol Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:27:28 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1141 Hey.. thanks for the good overview article on the WCF Web Services. Now I get the conecpt of DataContracts and OperationContracts. Hey.. thanks for the good overview article on the WCF Web Services. Now I get the conecpt of DataContracts and OperationContracts.

]]> By: Mohamad http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1150 Mohamad Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:49 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1150 All it returns is the datatype of the object sent from wcf service. Can you please help me. Thanks in advance All it returns is the datatype of the object sent from wcf service. Can you please help me.

Thanks in advance

]]> By: Robbie http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1161 Robbie Mon, 31 May 2010 20:20:01 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1161 Thanks a lot! This is a great tutorial for getting started with WCF. It really helped me out! Thanks a lot! This is a great tutorial for getting started with WCF. It really helped me out!

]]> By: Hayim Ammar http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1164 Hayim Ammar Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:05:21 +0000 http://www.creativeui.com/2008/05/26/how-to-create-a-web-service-with-wcf/#comment-1164 Hi David, Thank you, an excellent article! You wondered why you send a 'List' and receive an 'Array'. Ok, the reason is pretty simple, it's just depends on what you configured in your Service Reference. In right click on it and select 'Configure Service Reference', in the opening window you choose the Collection Type. By default it is 'System.Array', but it can be 'List' as well. Btw, here's a link to series of very useful videos that helped me a lot with WCF: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/first-steps-with-wcf.aspx Hi David,
Thank you, an excellent article!
You wondered why you send a ‘List’ and receive an ‘Array’.
Ok, the reason is pretty simple, it’s just depends on what you configured in your Service Reference.

In right click on it and select ‘Configure Service Reference’,
in the opening window you choose the Collection Type. By default it is ‘System.Array’, but it can be ‘List’ as well.

Btw, here’s a link to series of very useful videos that helped me a lot
with WCF:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/first-steps-with-wcf.aspx

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