DevForce Community Forum : Connecting to winforms http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; DevForce Community Forum : DevForce 2010 : Connecting to winforms Wed, 13 May 2026 18:18:42 -700 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:37:35 -700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.ideablade.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3009 DevForce Community Forum http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_images/IdeaBlade_logo_tm.png http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ Connecting to winforms : Sorry for the late answer..But... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=12010#12010 Author: Testing
Subject: 3009
Posted: 04-Nov-2011 at 1:37am

Sorry for the late answer.. 
But everything is working fine!

Thank your for the support!
]]> Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:37:35 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=12010#12010 Connecting to winforms : Thank you for your feedback. We... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11920#11920 Author: DenisK
Subject: 3009
Posted: 21-Oct-2011 at 10:56am

Thank you for your feedback. We actually do have a sample that shows how to program between client and server. It's in WPF but the concept still applies to WinForms. http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/code-sample-hello-devForce

The linking of the designer file in Silverlight is because Silverlight and .NET don't share the same supporting libraries. See http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/model-link-source-file for more details.

As you'll see from the code sample, to connect to the server, you just need to set your app.config and web.config. This short documentation should also give you an overview on how DevFroce handles WCF configuration. http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/WCF

No worries on your English, you're doing just fine :) Good luck!
]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:56:22 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11920#11920 Connecting to winforms : If it is always EntityService.svc... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11900#11900 Author: Testing
Subject: 3009
Posted: 20-Oct-2011 at 5:04am

If it is always EntityService.svc there is no problem..

All right, I was thinking too far.. I'm sorry for this issue..
But the documentation is most of the time about deploying, but not about actual programming between client, server..
Maybe a tip: It could be handy to add a Tour of DevForce Ria Services, created like Tour of DevForce Silverlight or WPF.. I think there are many beginner user that have the same problem.

Just last question..
If i want to connect to the DevForce server by Client.. I just add a link from the Server Ideablade Designer file to my client project(like in the tour of Silverlight)? If not, please give me some sample code that connects to the server and get some basic data (just to understand the principles)

& sorry for my English.. English is not my first language (which you have seen already)..

Thank you!


]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:04:24 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11900#11900 Connecting to winforms : Yes, that's correct. You... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11868#11868 Author: DenisK
Subject: 3009
Posted: 19-Oct-2011 at 12:13pm

Yes, that's correct. You never need to add an svc url or a dll ref to the webservice. The app.config and web.config are where you place the EntityService URL.

if so: How do i get the servicename property if I'm creating a new webservice?

Hmm, I'm not sure why you need to get the serviceName property. In DevForce, the serviceName will always be EntityService.svc.

If you haven't already done so, you might want to try reading http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/configure-deploy

It's also useful to start a project from one of our DevForce templates. The app.config and web.config are already set in those templates so in most cases, they're a good starting point to learn about the config files. 
]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:13:09 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11868#11868 Connecting to winforms : If I understand correctly, you... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11852#11852 Author: Testing
Subject: 3009
Posted: 18-Oct-2011 at 5:04am


If I understand correctly, you want to be able to create 1 WCF service and let that service be consumed by a WinForm application, Silverlight or ASP.NET application.
-> Yes, that is right!

You can actually do this by creating 1 web project and share that project with the different solution.
-> That's what I'm doing right now.

You mentioned that your service is up and running. How are you deploying your app? Is it through IIS? What is the address of your EntityService.svc?
-> My service is running inside Visual Studio with the web development server. The address is now http://localhost:9009/EntityService.svc

As you'll see, the default config files are pretty simple. You shouldn't need all those custom config if you're just starting out.
-> Yes, I see.. I tried it out with your web.config and app.config.. And the service is also running(like magic)..

But, you if i'm understanding correctly.. You never need to do > Right click on project > add service reference > go to svc url and add it that way. The only thing you need to do is adding following lines to your app.config & adding a dll reference of your webservice?..
    <objectServer remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="9009" serviceName="EntityService.svc" >
      <clientSettings isDistributed="true" />
    </objectServer>
& if so: How do i get the servicename property if I'm creating a new webservice?

Thank you!
]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:04:46 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11852#11852 Connecting to winforms : Hi Testing;If I understand... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11827#11827 Author: DenisK
Subject: 3009
Posted: 14-Oct-2011 at 4:58pm

Hi Testing;

If I understand correctly, you want to be able to create 1 WCF service and let that service be consumed by a WinForm application, Silverlight or ASP.NET application.

You can actually do this by creating 1 web project and share that project with the different solution.

You mentioned that your service is up and running. How are you deploying your app? Is it through IIS? What is the address of your EntityService.svc?

Here are a sample of app.config and web.config in a WinForm n-tier application. This is taken from the DevForce N-Tier WinForm Application Template. http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/start-devforce-template-inventory

As you'll see, the default config files are pretty simple. You shouldn't need all those custom config if you're just starting out.

App.Config

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="ideablade.configuration" type="IdeaBlade.Core.Configuration.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Core"/>
  </configSections>

  <ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns="http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig">

    <logging logFile="DebugLog.xml"/>

    <objectServer remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="9009" serviceName="EntityService.svc" >
      <clientSettings isDistributed="true" />
    </objectServer>

    <!-- Additional configuration can be added to override defaults. 
         See the sample config files in the Learning Resources for more information.
    -->

  </ideablade.configuration>

</configuration>

Web.Config

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <section name="ideablade.configuration" type="IdeaBlade.Core.Configuration.IdeaBladeSection, IdeaBlade.Core" />
  </configSections>

  <connectionStrings>
    <!-- Remember to add your connection string(s) here -->
  </connectionStrings>


  <ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns="http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig">

    <logging logFile="log\DebugLog.xml" />

    <!-- Additional configuration can be added to override defaults. 
         See the sample config files in the Learning Resources for more information.
    -->

  </ideablade.configuration>

  <system.serviceModel>

    <!-- Set aspNetCompatibilityEnabled to true to allow use of ASP.NET security features. 
         Set multipleSiteBindingsEnabled to true for Azure or if your web site has multiple http bindings.
    -->
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="false" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />

    <!-- You can add Service definitions to override the default configuration. 
         See the sample config files in the Learning Resources for more information.
    -->
  </system.serviceModel>

  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"><assemblies><add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" /></assemblies></compilation>
  </system.web>

</configuration>



Edited by DenisK - 14-Oct-2011 at 5:17pm]]> Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:58:56 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11827#11827 Connecting to winforms : Hi,Thank you for your quick answer.Yes,... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11825#11825 Author: Testing
Subject: 3009
Posted: 13-Oct-2011 at 11:48pm

Hi,

Thank you for your quick answer.

Yes, I'm configuring a WCF Service.. just to create an n-Tier Winforms Application (But I must also be possible to connect to it from a Silverlight or ASP.NET application). And the service needs to be on his own.. There will be later several other projects that will connect to that Service. In another solution. 

So my web.config right now is : 
<ideablade.configuration version="6.00" xmlns="http://schemas.ideablade.com/2010/IdeaBladeConfig">
    <logging logFile="log\DebugLog.xml" />
    <!-- Additional configuration can be added to override defaults. 
         See the sample config files in the Learning Resources for more information.
    -->
    <objectServer serviceName="testIdeablade" remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="9009" useDCS="true">
      <clientSettings isDistributed="false" />
      <serviceKeys>
        <serviceKey name="BOS2" remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="80" serviceName="EntityService.svc" />
      </serviceKeys>
      <serverSettings allowAnonymousLogin="true" supportedClientApplicationType="Both" loginManagerRequired="false" useAspNetSecurityServices="false" userSessionTimeout="30" sessionEncryptionKey=""/>
    </objectServer>
  </ideablade.configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <!-- Set aspNetCompatibilityEnabled to true to allow use of ASP.NET security features. 
         Set multipleSiteBindingsEnabled to true for Azure or if your web site has multiple http bindings.
    -->
    <serviceHostingEnvironment aspNetCompatibilityEnabled="false" multipleSiteBindingsEnabled="true" />
    <!-- You can add Service definitions to override the default configuration. 
         See the sample config files in the Learning Resources for more information.
    -->
    
  </system.serviceModel>
  <system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
      <assemblies>
        <add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
      </assemblies>
    </compilation>
  </system.web>
</configuration>


and my app.config hasn't changed yet.. I couldn't add a servicereference.

Am I doing this completely wrong? And how is a better way to implement this? Is there a way I can find more documentation about n-tier DevForce Winforms Applications?

Thank you 

]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:48:12 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11825#11825 Connecting to winforms : Hi Testing;I&#039;m still unclear... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11821#11821 Author: DenisK
Subject: 3009
Posted: 13-Oct-2011 at 4:27pm

Hi Testing;

I'm still unclear in what you're trying to accomplish. It sounds like you're configuring your own raw WCF service when you shouldn't have to. Are you trying to do an n-tier WinForms application? Do you already have a Web project setup in your solution? If so, is it possible to see your full app.config and web.config?
]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:27:55 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11821#11821 Connecting to winforms : Hi,I&#039;m testing this a little... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3009&PID=11814#11814 Author: Testing
Subject: 3009
Posted: 13-Oct-2011 at 3:15am

Hi,

I'm testing this a little bit further, and I'm trying to do a new thing.. Ria..
I haven't created a service before.

The service is up and running. But when I'm connecting to this in my winforms app, it shows following error:
The HTML document does not contain Web service discovery information.
Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved: 'http://localhost:9009/EntityService.svc'.
Content Type application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8 was not supported by service http://localhost:9009/EntityService.svc.  The client and service bindings may be mismatched.

Now, in normal ria services you can change it by <services> and <behaviors>, but there is no documentation (for this error) that is specific for Ideablade.

I've tried some bindingchanges, but none of them seem to work..
My added items in the config files:
<objectServer serviceName="testIdeablade" remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="9009" useDCS="true">
    <clientSettings isDistributed="false" />
      <serviceKeys>
        <serviceKey name="BOS2" remoteBaseURL="http://localhost" serverPort="80" serviceName="EntityService.svc" />
      </serviceKeys>
    <serverSettings allowAnonymousLogin="true" supportedClientApplicationType="WinClient" loginManagerRequired="false" useAspNetSecurityServices="false" userSessionTimeout="30" sessionEncryptionKey=""/>
</objectServer>


Thank you!
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