Hi, this is my scenario:

a) I have a Windows Service running a WCF host that is created this
way:

ServiceHost wcfHost = new
ServiceHost(typeof(serverProxy), new Uri[]{new Uri("http://localhost:
1967")});
wcfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ILicensingServer),
new BasicHttpBinding(),
"bbls");

b) I have a desktop app that connect to this WCF host using this code:

// Define an http channel to the licensing server
ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer> httpFactory =
new ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer>(
new BasicHttpBinding(),
new EndpointAddress(serverUrl));

// Create the http channel
server = httpFactory.CreateChannel();

c) I have a Windows Mobile app that needs to connect to this WCF host,
but I just realized that System.ServiceModel in .NET CF 3.5 does not
implements ChannelFactory class.

Is there any way for my WM app to connect to my WCF host ?

Regards

Victor Espina

On Mar 21, 10:07*am, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, this is my scenario:
>
> a) I have a Windows Service running a WCF host that is created this
> way:
>
> * * * * * * * * ServiceHost wcfHost = new
> ServiceHost(typeof(serverProxy), new Uri[]{new Uri("http://localhost:
> 1967")});
> * * * * * * * * wcfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ILicensingServer),
> * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> * * * * * * * * * "bbls");
>
> b) I have a desktop app that connect to this WCF host using this code:
>
> * * * * * * * * // Define an http channel to the licensing server
> * * * * * * * * ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer> httpFactory =
> * * * * * * * * new ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer>(
> * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> * * * * * * * * * new EndpointAddress(serverUrl));
>
> * * * * * * * * // Create the http channel
> * * * * * * * * server = httpFactory.CreateChannel();
>
> c) I have a Windows Mobile app that needs to connect to this WCF host,
> but I just realized that System.ServiceModel in .NET CF 3.5 does not
> implements ChannelFactory class.
>
> Is there any way for my WM app to connect to my WCF host ?
>
> Regards
>
> Victor Espina

When I run into issues like this, where the CF does not have a class
implemented that is available in the full framework, the vast majority
of the time it can be found in the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework.
Have a look in there, see if they've implemented it for you.

Brian, thanks a lot for your suggestion. Indeed the good folks at
OpenNETCF has done some pretty job about using WCF on .NET CF, and I
just found a paper who describes how to make my service discoverable,
and I think that is just what I was missing.

Regards

Victor Espina

On 22 mar, 12:51, Brian <bloodbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 21, 10:07*am, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, this is my scenario:
>
> > a) I have a Windows Service running a WCF host that is created this
> > way:
>
> > * * * * * * * * ServiceHost wcfHost = new
> > ServiceHost(typeof(serverProxy), new Uri[]{new Uri("http://localhost:
> > 1967")});
> > * * * * * * * * wcfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ILicensingServer),
> > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > * * * * * * * * * "bbls");
>
> > b) I have a desktop app that connect to this WCF host using this code:
>
> > * * * * * * * * // Define an http channel to the licensing server
> > * * * * * * * * ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer> httpFactory =
> > * * * * * * * * new ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer>(
> > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > * * * * * * * * * new EndpointAddress(serverUrl));
>
> > * * * * * * * * // Create the http channel
> > * * * * * * * * server = httpFactory.CreateChannel();
>
> > c) I have a Windows Mobile app that needs to connect to this WCF host,
> > but I just realized that System.ServiceModel in .NET CF 3.5 does not
> > implements ChannelFactory class.
>
> > Is there any way for my WM app to connect to my WCF host ?
>
> > Regards
>
> > Victor Espina
>
> When I run into issues like this, where the CF does not have a class
> implemented that is available in the full framework, the vast majority
> of the time it can be found in the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework.
> Have a look in there, see if they've implemented it for you.

Errata:

"...found a paper WHO describes..."

should said:

"...found a paper WICH describes..."


Regards

Victor Espina


On 22 mar, 17:08, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian, thanks a lot for your suggestion. Indeed the good folks at
> OpenNETCF has done some pretty job about using WCF on .NET CF, and I
> just found a paper who describes how to make my service discoverable,
> and I think that is just what I was missing.
>
> Regards
>
> Victor Espina
>
> On 22 mar, 12:51, Brian <bloodbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 21, 10:07*am, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi, this is my scenario:
>
> > > a) I have a Windows Service running a WCF host that is created this
> > > way:
>
> > > * * * * * * * * ServiceHost wcfHost = new
> > > ServiceHost(typeof(serverProxy), new Uri[]{new Uri("http://localhost:
> > > 1967")});
> > > * * * * * * * * wcfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ILicensingServer),
> > > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > > * * * * * * * * * "bbls");
>
> > > b) I have a desktop app that connect to this WCF host using this code:
>
> > > * * * * * * * * // Define an http channel to the licensing server
> > > * * * * * * * * ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer> httpFactory =
> > > * * * * * * * * new ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer>(
> > > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > > * * * * * * * * * new EndpointAddress(serverUrl));
>
> > > * * * * * * * * // Create the http channel
> > > * * * * * * * * server = httpFactory.CreateChannel();
>
> > > c) I have a Windows Mobile app that needs to connect to this WCF host,
> > > but I just realized that System.ServiceModel in .NET CF 3.5 does not
> > > implements ChannelFactory class.
>
> > > Is there any way for my WM app to connect to my WCF host ?
>
> > > Regards
>
> > > Victor Espina
>
> > When I run into issues like this, where the CF does not have a class
> > implemented that is available in the full framework, the vast majority
> > of the time it can be found in the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework.
> > Have a look in there, see if they've implemented it for you.

On Mar 22, 2:45*pm, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Errata:
>
> "...found a paper WHO describes..."
>
> should said:
>
> "...found a paper WICH describes..."
>
> Regards
>
> Victor Espina
>
> On 22 mar, 17:08, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Brian, thanks a lot for your suggestion. Indeed the good folks at
> > OpenNETCF has done some pretty job about using WCF on .NET CF, and I
> > just found a paper who describes how to make my service discoverable,
> > and I think that is just what I was missing.
>
> > Regards
>
> > Victor Espina
>
> > On 22 mar, 12:51, Brian <bloodbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 21, 10:07*am, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi, this is my scenario:
>
> > > > a) I have a Windows Service running a WCF host that is created this
> > > > way:
>
> > > > * * * * * * * * ServiceHost wcfHost = new
> > > > ServiceHost(typeof(serverProxy), new Uri[]{new Uri("http://localhost:
> > > > 1967")});
> > > > * * * * * * * * wcfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ILicensingServer),
> > > > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > > > * * * * * * * * * "bbls");
>
> > > > b) I have a desktop app that connect to this WCF host using this code:
>
> > > > * * * * * * * * // Define an http channel to the licensing server
> > > > * * * * * * * * ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer> httpFactory =
> > > > * * * * * * * * new ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer>(
> > > > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > > > * * * * * * * * * new EndpointAddress(serverUrl));
>
> > > > * * * * * * * * // Create the http channel
> > > > * * * * * * * * server = httpFactory.CreateChannel();
>
> > > > c) I have a Windows Mobile app that needs to connect to this WCF host,
> > > > but I just realized that System.ServiceModel in .NET CF 3.5 does not
> > > > implements ChannelFactory class.
>
> > > > Is there any way for my WM app to connect to my WCF host ?
>
> > > > Regards
>
> > > > Victor Espina
>
> > > When I run into issues like this, where the CF does not have a class
> > > implemented that is available in the full framework, the vast majority
> > > of the time it can be found in the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework.
> > > Have a look in there, see if they've implemented it for you.

Glad it worked out. Good luck!

After getting my WM connected to my WCF server, it turned out that for
some reason I couldn't get an Object[] member to be correctly
serialized when filled with a custom type. I'm pretty sure I was
missing some serialization attributes, but couldn't figure it out. So,
I ended writing my own basic serialization/deserialization class and
everything is working like a charm now

Thanks again for you help

Victor Espina


On 24 mar, 12:23, Brian <bloodbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 22, 2:45*pm, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Errata:
>
> > "...found a paper WHO describes..."
>
> > should said:
>
> > "...found a paper WICH describes..."
>
> > Regards
>
> > Victor Espina
>
> > On 22 mar, 17:08, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Brian, thanks a lot for your suggestion. Indeed the good folks at
> > > OpenNETCF has done some pretty job about using WCF on .NET CF, and I
> > > just found a paper who describes how to make my service discoverable,
> > > and I think that is just what I was missing.
>
> > > Regards
>
> > > Victor Espina
>
> > > On 22 mar, 12:51, Brian <bloodbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On Mar 21, 10:07*am, Victor Espina <vespi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi, this is my scenario:
>
> > > > > a) I have a Windows Service running a WCF host that is created this
> > > > > way:
>
> > > > > * * * * * * * * ServiceHost wcfHost = new
> > > > > ServiceHost(typeof(serverProxy), new Uri[]{new Uri("http://localhost:
> > > > > 1967")});
> > > > > * * * * * * * * wcfHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ILicensingServer),
> > > > > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > > > > * * * * * * * * * "bbls");
>
> > > > > b) I have a desktop app that connect to this WCF host using this code:
>
> > > > > * * * * * * * * // Define an http channel to the licensing server
> > > > > * * * * * * * * ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer> httpFactory =
> > > > > * * * * * * * * new ChannelFactory<ILicensingServer>(
> > > > > * * * * * * * * * new BasicHttpBinding(),
> > > > > * * * * * * * * * new EndpointAddress(serverUrl));
>
> > > > > * * * * * * * * // Create the http channel
> > > > > * * * * * * * * server = httpFactory.CreateChannel();
>
> > > > > c) I have a Windows Mobile app that needs to connect to this WCF host,
> > > > > but I just realized that System.ServiceModel in .NET CF 3.5 does not
> > > > > implements ChannelFactory class.
>
> > > > > Is there any way for my WM app to connect to my WCF host ?
>
> > > > > Regards
>
> > > > > Victor Espina
>
> > > > When I run into issues like this, where the CF does not have a class
> > > > implemented that is available in the full framework, the vast majority
> > > > of the time it can be found in the OpenNETCF Smart Device Framework..
> > > > Have a look in there, see if they've implemented it for you.
>
> Glad it worked out. *Good luck!