Getting Started With WCF in VB.NET

[Wiz66006]

Does anyone have sample VB.NET code using WCF to communicate between two
running apps on the same machine? I have no experience with WCF and a very,
very simple example would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Dave

 

[Steven Cheng]

Hi Dave,

As for WCF samples, there are many locations for you to download them:

#Windows SDK .NET Framework 3.0 Samples
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=22b58b6c-8f98-40d0-
880d-c3339c5da01e&displaylang=en

#Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows CardSpace Samples
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0043041F-95D6-4EB7-
966A-C21A737E193A&displaylang=en

http://netfx3.com/files/

Also, for WCF, it can help provide distributed communication between two
applications on the same machine or different machine or even over
internet. You can look into any of the samples for general code and
configuration style of WCF application.

In addition, I suggest you read some general articles about WCF background
and overall architecture which should be helpful:

#Windows Communication Foundation
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa663324.aspx

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead



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[sloan]

Here's a straight forward example...albeit in c#.

http://sholliday.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!A68482B9628A842A!158.entry

If you do a translation, send it to me, and I'll post it.