BTW, DevForce EF is available now. :)

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 ;-)

 

Your ServerConsole.v4.exe.config contents look fine.

 

 

<?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" />

    <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>

 

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:

 

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>

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>

 

    <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. 

 

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