client side couldn't connect, but the server runs well

when i do the deployment, i changed the app.config file. 'isDistributed' is set into 'true', remoteBaseURL is set into "http://dragon.factory.lan". then i build the solution and generate the file set for server side and client side, also add all the required DLL files. now, the server side runs properly and it's waiting for request, but my client side couldn't run at all, every time it crashes. what's the problem?

i only made 2 modification on the config files, isDistributed and remoteBaseURL, all others are the default values.

Hi kimj,

I set up the project for monkeyking so I can answer these implementation questions.

A ServerConsole is running on a separate machine. It claims to be listening:
>ServerConsole.v4.exe
Trying programmatic configuration of EntityService using ideaBlade.v4 section
Listening on http://dragon.factory.lan:9009/EntityService
Listening on http://dragon.factory.lan:9009/
Press <Enter> to end publication.

and indeed it is. I am able to connect to it using netcat, ping, and by browsing to http://dragon.factory.lan:9009/
Service
This is a Windows© Communication Foundation service.
Metadata publishing for this service is currently disabled.
If you have access to the service, you can enable metadata publishing by completing the following steps to modify your web or application configuration file:
1. Create the following service behavior configuration, or add the <serviceMetadata> element to an existing service behavior configuration:

The client error:
{"Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation."}
Which seems to indicate it's missing something.

UPDATE: I managed to find the inner exception, "Unable to start the EntityServer service" .  This is pretty self explanatory, the client is trying to start the application that resides on a separate server. We'll look at the client code and convince it otherwise.

Here's a file listing on whats on the client.
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users   2429 Apr 30 12:31 DebugLog_1.xml
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users    399 Apr 30 12:29 DebugLog.css
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users   3267 Apr 30 14:58 DebugLog.xml
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users   3123 Apr 30 12:29 DebugLog.xsl
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users 141824 Apr 30 14:43 DomainModel.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users 159232 Apr 30 14:43 GUI.exe
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users    798 Apr 30 14:44 GUI.exe.config
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  86016 Mar  2 14:44 IdeaBlade.EntityModel.Server.v4.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users 380928 Mar  2 14:44 IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  67072 Mar  2 14:44 IdeaBlade.Linq.v4.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  49152 Feb 23 14:37 IdeaBlade.UI.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  65536 Feb 23 14:37 IdeaBlade.UI.WinForms.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users 274432 Mar  2 14:44 IdeaBlade.Util.v4.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  75776 Mar  2 14:44 IdeaBlade.Verification.v4.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  22528 Apr 30 14:43 Presentation Spirit.dll
-rwxrw---- 1 jzhai domain users  23040 Apr 29 12:34 Presentation Spirit.exe

The developers guide seems to indicate these are the required libraries, as instructed on p449 in the guide.

Thanks for your help,
Dallas



Edited by enterprisetoday - 30-Apr-2009 at 7:59pm