DevForce Community Forum : Can't connect to IIS Express http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; DevForce Community Forum : DevForce 2012 : Can't connect to IIS Express Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:26:27 -700 Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:11:18 -700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.ideablade.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4687 DevForce Community Forum http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_images/IdeaBlade_logo_tm.png http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ Can't connect to IIS Express : Hi Eric,There is no special... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4687&PID=17522#17522 Author: sbelini
Subject: 4687
Posted: 24-Apr-2014 at 12:11pm

Hi Eric,

There is no special requirement to use IIS Express other than make sure the client is looking at the right port. (WPF/Winforms)

I suggest taking a look at one of our samples and compare to see if anything is set up differently. 
Most of our samples is by default using Cassini, but setting them to use IIS Express will work fine.




Edited by sbelini - 24-Apr-2014 at 12:11pm]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:11:18 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4687&PID=17522#17522 Can't connect to IIS Express : In DevStudio 2012, Project Properties... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4687&PID=17521#17521 Author: ej6
Subject: 4687
Posted: 24-Apr-2014 at 10:58am

In DevStudio 2012, Project Properties | Web allows:
a) Use Visual Studio Development Server
b) Use Local IIS Web server
    *) Use IIS Express

I just checked the "User IIS Express" option, and DevForce connections now fail:

private static async Task ConnectAsync()
        {
            try
            {
               ClientDataManager.Instance.DataManager.CurrentUser = StateManagement.CurrentUser;

               Task connectTask = ClientDataManager.Instance.DataManager.OurProjEM.ConnectAsync();
               await connectTask;

            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
               string why = e.Message;
            }
            finally
            {
            }
        }



"There is no endpoint listening on http://localhost:62061/EntityService.svc/sl that could accept calls from this application. If running in Visual Studio, make sure CopyLocal=true is set for all IdeaBlade assembly references in the web project to ensure that these assemblies are copied to the bin folder.

Also check that the global.asax contains code to register the DevForce VirtualPathProvider, or that the EntityService.svc and EntityServer.svc files are present. To check if the service is running, open your internet browser and navigate to 'http://localhost:62061/EntityService.svc'. If the service page shows errors, these should help diagnose the problem with the service. If the service is running, then also make sure that the endpoint bindings match between client and server, and that the server's ClientApplicationType is either 'Silverlight' or 'Both'. Check the server's debug log file for more information."


http://localhost:62061/EntityService.svc does respond with all the usual stuff when a browser hits it.

When I switch Project Properties | Web back to use Visual Studio Development Server all is well again.

What are the requirements for DevForce 2012 to work correctly with IIS Express and VS2012/VS2013?

thanks in advance,

Eric Johnson



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