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    Posted: 26-Aug-2008 at 3:27am
Hi All,
 
The Developers Guide mentions using <remoting> section in config files for configuring WCF.
 
Is there any ready samples from DevForce EF which I can use to run ServiceConsole.V4.exe configured to use WCF for communicationsTechnology section in <remoting> configuration?
 
Basically I want to test run few remote WCF clients getting domain objects from WCF server.
 
Thanks in advance.
Sebastian
 
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We only support WCF in v4, there’s no remoting.  So the samples in the zip below are all for WCF.  If you can wait a day, we will be releasing  our first non-Beta, non-RC version tonight.

uploads/23/IIS_Files.zip
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As David mentioned, out of the box both the ServerConsole and your client applications will use WCF, so long as you've turned on distributed processing:
 
    <objectServer isDistributed="true"
                  remoteBaseURL="http://localhost"
                  serviceName="EntityService"
                  serverPort="9009" />
We don't yet have any samples on customizing the WCF configuration (e.g., for security or message sizes) for either client or server, but both can be accomplished using the serviceModel section in the app.config. 
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PART 1
Thanks David and Kim. I have yet to download the real non-RC version, but I got my remote client and ServiceConsole.V4.exe server working. My config settings are:
My embedded app.config on server-side contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <section name="ideaBlade.v4" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Configuration.v4.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Util.v4, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=287b5094865421c0" />
    </configSections>
    <ideaBlade.v4 version="4.00" useDTC="false" copyLocal="false"
        loginManagerRequired="false">
        <logging logFile="DebugLog.xml" archiveLogs="false" serviceName=""
            port="0" usesSeparateAppDomain="false" />
       
        <objectServer isDistributed="true" remoteBaseURL="http://development-01"
            serviceName="EntityService" serverPort="9009" />
       
        <edmKeys>
            <edmKey connection="metadata=res://......"
                containerName="DomainModel.MyEntities" logTraceString="false"
                name="Default" tag="">
                <probeAssemblyNames>
                    <probeAssemblyName name="MyDomainModel" />
                    <probeAssemblyName name="MyServerModel" />
                </probeAssemblyNames>
            </edmKey>
        </edmKeys>
        <notificationService enabled="false" serverPort="9011" clientPort="0" />
    </ideaBlade.v4>
</configuration>
 
My ServiceConsole.V4.exe.config contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <!-- =========== WCF hosting section ============== -->
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="EntityService">
        <endpoint
          address="http://development-01:9009/EntityService"
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServiceContract" />
      </service>
      <service name="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.Server.v4.EntityServer">
        <endpoint
          address="http://development-01:9010/EntityServer"
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServerContract" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <bindings>
      <customBinding>
        <binding name="compressedBinaryBinding">
          <gzipMessageEncoding>
            <readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxDepth="2147483647"/>
          </gzipMessageEncoding>
          <httpTransport maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"/>
        </binding>
      </customBinding>
    </bindings>
    <!-- gzipMessageEncoding is a required extension.  Do not remove. -->
    <extensions>
      <bindingElementExtensions>
        <add name="gzipMessageEncoding" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Wcf.Extensions.v4.GZipMessageEncodingElement, IdeaBlade.Util.v4"/>
      </bindingElementExtensions>
    </extensions>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
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PART 2
My embedded app.config on client-side remote executable contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <ideaBlade.v4 version="4.00">
    <logging logFile="DebugLog.xml" archiveLogs="false" />
    <objectServer isDistributed="true" remoteBaseURL="http://serverhostname"
    serviceName="EntityService" serverPort="9009" />
  </ideaBlade.v4>
</configuration>
 
My remoteclient.exe.config contains:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="EntityService">
        <endpoint
          address="http://serverhostname:9009/EntityService"
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServiceContract" />
      </service>
      <service name="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.Server.v4.EntityServer">
        <endpoint
          address="http://serverhostname:9010/EntityServer"
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServerContract" />
      </service>
    </services>
    <bindings>
      <customBinding>
        <binding name="compressedBinaryBinding">
          <gzipMessageEncoding>
            <readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxDepth="2147483647"/>
          </gzipMessageEncoding>
          <httpTransport maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"/>
        </binding>
      </customBinding>
    </bindings>
    <!-- gzipMessageEncoding is a required extension.  Do not remove. -->
    <extensions>
      <bindingElementExtensions>
        <add name="gzipMessageEncoding" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Wcf.Extensions.v4.GZipMessageEncodingElement, IdeaBlade.Util.v4"/>
      </bindingElementExtensions>
    </extensions>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
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Hi Sebastian,
 
You're doing more than necessary to configure both the client and server - you normally only need to use the serviceModel section (which is WCF) if you need to customize the configuration, or if you are hosting the BOS in IIS.  When you do need to customize settings with the serviceModel section, it's usually easiest to use one loose config file on each side with all configuration sections needed present, so that you know how communications were configured.  When you do use two config files, it's best to remove the <objectServer> element from the IdeaBlade.v4 section.
 
Here's what you can do, at the simplest, if you don't need to customize any of the DevForce defaults:
 
Server-side config - embedded or loose:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <section name="ideaBlade.v4" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Configuration.v4.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Util.v4, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=287b5094865421c0" />
    </configSections>
    <ideaBlade.v4 version="4.00" useDTC="false" copyLocal="false"
        loginManagerRequired="false">
        <logging logFile="DebugLog.xml" archiveLogs="false" serviceName=""
            port="0" usesSeparateAppDomain="false" />
       
  <!-- this configures the BOS with DevForce defaults -->
        <objectServer isDistributed="true" remoteBaseURL="http://development-01"
            serviceName="EntityService" serverPort="9009" />
       
        <edmKeys>
            <edmKey connection="metadata=res://......"
                containerName="DomainModel.MyEntities" logTraceString="false"
                name="Default" tag="">
                <probeAssemblyNames>
                    <probeAssemblyName name="MyDomainModel" />
                    <probeAssemblyName name="MyServerModel" />
                </probeAssemblyNames>
            </edmKey>
        </edmKeys>
    </ideaBlade.v4>
</configuration>
 
Client-side config - embedded or loose:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <section name="ideaBlade.v4" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Configuration.v4.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Util.v4, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=287b5094865421c0" />
    </configSections>
  <ideaBlade.v4 version="4.00">
    <logging logFile="DebugLog.xml" archiveLogs="false" />
 
    <!-- On the client, this configures the communications proxy to the BOS -->
    <objectServer isDistributed="true" remoteBaseURL="http://serverhostname"
    serviceName="EntityService" serverPort="9009" />
 
<!-- Include edmkeys if probing for any interface implementations,
      such as IIdGenerator
-->
 <edmKeys>
            <edmKey name="Default" >
                <probeAssemblyNames>
                    <probeAssemblyName name="MyDomainModel" />
                </probeAssemblyNames>
            </edmKey>
        </edmKeys>
  </ideaBlade.v4>
</configuration>
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Part 2 - if you do want to customize communication settings
 
Your ServerConsole.v4.exe.config contents look fine.
 
Here's what a client-side serviceModel section should look like:
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <client>
        <endpoint name="EntityService"
          address="http://serverhostname:9009/EntityService"
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServiceContract" />
        <endpoint name="EntityServer"
          address="http://serverhostname:9009/EntityServer"
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServerContract" />
    </client>
    <bindings>
      <customBinding>
        <binding name="compressedBinaryBinding">
          <gzipMessageEncoding>
            <readerQuotas maxArrayLength="2147483647" maxDepth="2147483647"/>
          </gzipMessageEncoding>
          <httpTransport maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647"/>
        </binding>
      </customBinding>
    </bindings>
    <!-- gzipMessageEncoding is a required extension.  Do not remove. -->
    <extensions>
      <bindingElementExtensions>
        <add name="gzipMessageEncoding" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Wcf.Extensions.v4.GZipMessageEncodingElement, IdeaBlade.Util.v4"/>
      </bindingElementExtensions>
    </extensions>
  </system.serviceModel>
</configuration>


Edited by kimj - 27-Aug-2008 at 12:05pm
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Many thanks Kim, your advice makes good sense.

I used the simplest DevForce defaults (non-customized) that you recommend for now and it works.
For the customized settings, I will try them out subsequently using the new non-RC version of DevForce EF ;-)
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OK.  I'd suggest using the customized settings only if you understand WCF or must modify the defaults, since it can be very confusing to have configuration information scattered around.  
 
BTW, DevForce EF is available now. :)
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