Hosting WCF by installing Setup of Windows Form Application

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Hello Guys,

I have a windows form project, which is consuming a WCF Service which is a separate project in the same solution.
Now i created a setup for this windows form application and installed it.
When i run that installed application, it doesn't host the service.
How can I host this WCF service with the setup installation of that application? or is there any other way to fix this issue.

Any help would be appreciated

Posted 24-Dec-13 0:58am

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Jobless Creature · Answer 1 · 2013-12-24T01:46:00

The WCF Service needs a hosting environment and must be hosted separately in IIS, Windows Service or at least as a console application. Your set up will not create a hosting environment for your WCF Service unless you create a separate hosting platform.

May be you can consider the following ways.

1. If you want to host it IIS, then you can create a SVC file for your service and modify your SETUP to install the WCF service in IIS. OR,
2. You can create a Windows Service, Installer classes and host the WCF service as a WINDOWS Service.

Both point 1 and 2 are possible with SETUP installation and whether to go with point 1 or 2, depends on your environment.

Hope this clears.