Calling WCF service in Windows Service

Girish Sapariya

Hi, I am new to windows service.

I will come directly with my question.

I want to call WCF service to get data, so , Can I call a WCF service in Window Service?

I had tried to add a WCF project to my Windows Service Project, but it gives error when i build the project "Error:The type name 'ServiceReference1' does not exist in the type 'TestApplication.TestApplication'. What i am doing wrong?

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Girish Sapariya12y ago
Jaganathan, I had deleted the older project and created a fresh one, so can't say whether it would had worked. :(
Jaganathan Bantheswaran12y ago
Let us know issue is solved or still you have..
Girish Sapariya12y ago
hmmmm, thanks Jaganthan, will make sure of that
Jaganathan Bantheswaran12y ago
Make sure you are namespace are placed correctly.

Sometimes using statement should be inner or outer of the namespace.
Girish Sapariya12y ago
Thanks Rohatash, sorry to mention in the question, that , I had added service reference as u showed, and the service was accessible from Window Service as well, till that no issues, but when i try to build the window service project i got error.
"Error:The type name 'ServiceReference1' does not exist in the type 'TestApplication.TestApplication'.
May be i had not configure the properties of the project properly.

Later i took a fresh project and did the same thing again, this time i didnt got any error. Don't know where i was wrong in my earlier project.
Rohatash Kumar12y ago
To solve this problem go to the Solution Explorer and click on the add the service reference.

The following window will be opened:

Now paste the above URL in the address and click on the "Go" button:

Girish,
Click on the Ok Button. Now the reference has been added in the Solution Explorer.

To know more:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/rohatash/insert-and-display-data-in-datagridview-in-windows-forms-app/