DevForce 2009: Configuring BOS for WCF

Configuring BOS for WCF

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Forum Name: DevForce 2009
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Printed Date: 27-Jan-2026 at 7:17pm

Topic: Configuring BOS for WCF

Posted By: sebma
Subject: Configuring BOS for WCF
Date 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

Replies:

Posted By: davidklitzke
Date Posted: 26-Aug-2008 at 9:27am

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.

http://www.ideablade.com/forum/uploads/23/IIS_Files.zip - uploads/23/IIS_Files.zip

Posted By: kimj
Date Posted: 26-Aug-2008 at 11:50am

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:

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.

Posted By: sebma
Date Posted: 26-Aug-2008 at 11:23pm

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 - 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>

<system.serviceModel>
    <services>
      <service name="EntityService">
        <endpoint
          address=" http://development-01:9009/EntityService - http://development-01:9009/EntityService "
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServiceContract" />
      </service>

<extensions>
      <bindingElementExtensions>
        <add name="gzipMessageEncoding" type="IdeaBlade.Util.Wcf.Extensions.v4.GZipMessageEncodingElement, IdeaBlade.Util.v4"/>
      </bindingElementExtensions>
    </extensions>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>

Posted By: sebma
Date Posted: 26-Aug-2008 at 11:34pm

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" />

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 - http://serverhostname:9009/EntityService "
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServiceContract" />
      </service>

Posted By: kimj
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2008 at 9:16am

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:

<objectServer isDistributed="true" remoteBaseURL=" http://development-01/ - 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>

<objectServer isDistributed="true" remoteBaseURL=" http://servr/ - http://serverhostname "
serviceName="EntityService" serverPort="9009" />

<!-- Include edmkeys if probing for any interface implementations,

such as IIdGenerator

-->

Posted By: kimj
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2008 at 9:25am

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 - http://serverhostname:9009/EntityService "
          binding="customBinding" bindingConfiguration="compressedBinaryBinding"
          contract="IdeaBlade.EntityModel.v4.IEntityServiceContract" />

Posted By: sebma
Date Posted: 27-Aug-2008 at 7:39pm

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 ;-)

Posted By: kimj
Date Posted: 28-Aug-2008 at 8:30am

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. :)