WCF acting as Web Service without IIS

[Reg]

Hello,

Is it possible to create WCF Web Service that runs without IIS?
Any tips how to do it?

Cheers,

Reg

[ronscottlangham]

On Aug 8, 1:33 pm, "Reg" <[e-mail]:

Hello,

Is it possible to create WCF Web Service that runs without IIS?
Any tips how to do it?

Cheers,

Reg

Yes, WCF provides other options to host the web service under
something other than IIS. You could host it in a simple Console app,
windows app, windows service, etc. Here is an example on how to
create using a windows service.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733069.aspx

WCF also provides more flexibility in the transport and format, you
are not restricted to HTTP and SOAP XML. You can use TCP, binary,
etc.

I recommend the "Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by
Step" book by John Sharp for good examples on all these items.

Ron

[Reg]

Thanks, for your reply. I managed to publish service hosted by Windows
Service.

One question is still in mind: How can I be sure that WCF component that
publish service method
uses SOAP?

Is it default or should it be declared somewhere?

Cheers,

Reg

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On Aug 8, 1:33 pm, "Reg" <[e-mail]:

>Hello,

Is it possible to create WCF Web Service that runs without IIS?
Any tips how to do it?

Cheers,

Reg

Yes, WCF provides other options to host the web service under
something other than IIS. You could host it in a simple Console app,
windows app, windows service, etc. Here is an example on how to
create using a windows service.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733069.aspx

WCF also provides more flexibility in the transport and format, you
are not restricted to HTTP and SOAP XML. You can use TCP, binary,
etc.

I recommend the "Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by
Step" book by John Sharp for good examples on all these items.

Ron

[ronscottlangham]

On Aug 9, 11:18 am, "Reg" <[e-mail]:

Thanks, for your reply. I managed to publish service hosted by Windows
Service.

One question is still in mind: How can I be sure that WCF component that
publish service method
uses SOAP?

Is it default or should it be declared somewhere?

Cheers,

Reg

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On Aug 8, 1:33 pm, "Reg" <[e-mail]:

Hello,

Is it possible to create WCF Web Service that runs without IIS?
Any tips how to do it?

Cheers,

Reg

Yes, WCF provides other options to host the web service under
something other than IIS. You could host it in a simple Console app,
windows app, windows service, etc. Here is an example on how to
create using a windows service.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms733069.aspx

WCF also provides more flexibility in the transport and format, you
are not restricted to HTTP and SOAP XML. You can use TCP, binary,
etc.

I recommend the "Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by
Step" book by John Sharp for good examples on all these items.

Ron

It depends on the binding that you are using. Are you using
basicHttp, basicWsHttp, netTcp, etc? The HTTP bindings default SOAP
XML, while the tcp and others I believe will all default to binary
encoding. If needing something other than the default, the
web.config file can be edited to fine tune and modify, but the client
will also need the same changes to be compatible.

Ron