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Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

Routing Manager for WCF4

by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

Manageable Services

by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and tooling of model driven WorkflowServices logically centralized in the Repository and physically decentralized for their runtime projecting.

Notification of Silverlight Applications about Database State Changes

by Max Paulousky

This article presents the techniques and caveats of building Silverlight applications that can be notified about database state changes via polling duplex. WSHttp binding and CLR triggers are used to implement the solution as well.

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Fixing PlatformNotSupportedException when Running Window Communication Foundation Applications

by ToughDev

How to fix PlatformNotSupportedException when running WCF apps

Signing Documents in SharePoint with a Smart Card

by lvmcastro

A tutorial showing how to use a smartcard API, a SharePoint extension and web services, to add a qualified electronic signature (QES) to a PDF file located in a SharePoint online library.

Improving WCF Service Quality (Part 4 - Logging)

by Utku Ozan ÇANKAYA

How to add logging to WCF services

Improving WCF Service Quality (Part 3 - Authentication & Authorization)

by Utku Ozan ÇANKAYA

How to add authentication and authorization to WCF services

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Calcium: A Modular Application Toolset Leveraging PRISM – Part 2

23 Nov 2009 by Daniel Vaughan

Calcium provides much of what one needs to rapidly build a multifaceted and sophisticated modular application. Includes a host of modules and services, and an infrastructure that is ready to use in your next application.

Routing Manager for WCF4

29 Apr 2010 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the Custom Routing Manager for managing messages via Routing Service built-in .Net 4 Technology.

Manageable Services

30 Apr 2009 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and tooling of model driven WorkflowServices logically centralized in the Repository and physically decentralized for their runtime projecting.

Notification of Silverlight Applications about Database State Changes

27 Nov 2009 by Max Paulousky

This article presents the techniques and caveats of building Silverlight applications that can be notified about database state changes via polling duplex. WSHttp binding and CLR triggers are used to implement the solution as well.

SQL-Server-2005

Windows-Service for Multithreading with Remote Control GUI

25 Feb 2016 by J.Starkl

A windows-service which can handle different operations in separate threads and which can be controlled by a small GUI program

Creating PDF Documents from XML

16 Aug 2013 by Marco Merola

Creating PDF documents from XML

Introduction to Model Driven Development with Sculpture – Part 1

3 Sep 2008 by Ahmed Negm

This article introduces how to create and manage .NET enterprise applications using your favorite technology (Data Access Application Block, LINQ, NHibernate, ASMX, and WCF) with the Model Driven Development approach by Sculpture.

SQL-Server-2005

Measuring and Monitoring WCF Web Service Performance

4 Oct 2012 by Stuart Wheelwright

Using ServiceMon to obtain performance statistics for web services

Remote Operation Layer

14 Apr 2014 by Kemeny Attila

Service layer which hides the concrete technology details and doesn’t need to change when a new feature is implemented.

Defend ASP.NET and WCF from Various Attacks using Nginx

28 Jul 2016 by Omar Al Zabir

Protect ASP.NET and WCF from various brute force and Denial of Service attacks and speed up response time using nginx.

Using WF4 WorkflowInvoker

1 Sep 2009 by Roman Kiss

This article describes a design, implementation and usage of the custom service operation invoker for invoking a xaml workflow. It is based on the upcoming Microsoft .NET 4 Technology.

ySurf : A Yahoo! Messenger clone built in Silverlight

28 Mar 2010 by Vinit Yadav

A Yahoo! messenger clone application built with Silverlight and its Duplex Polling WCF service. Explains how to deal with the Yahoo! packet format named YMSG.

WCF by Example - Chapter VII - Decoupling of WCF Services from the ViewModel

11 Oct 2011 by Enrique Albert

Baseline WCF Distribution Layer - Decoupling of WCF Services and ViewModels.

Improvements and Enhancements of a Data Access Web Service Using WCF and Entity Framework

27 Mar 2014 by Shenwei Liu

An article with sample application showing how and what we can do to improve and enhance a WCF and EF data access web service

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LoggingBehavior - How to Connect Log-prints with the WCF Operation's Details, using a Simple Behavior

27 Sep 2011 by Shmuel Zang

In this article, I explain, step by step, how we can use a WCF behavior for logging operation's invoke and result, errors, warnings and information logs that include the operation's details.

Consuming WCF Service in Java Client

23 May 2014 by Debabrata_Das

This article will talk about how a WCF service can be consumed by a Java client application.

Simple Demo WCF RESTful Web Service

20 Apr 2015 by Rahul Pawar LogicMonk

A quick look at a Simple WCF RESTful Web Service!

WCF Service over HTTPS with custom username and password validator in IIS

19 Feb 2010 by Ondra Spilka

How to host a WCF HTTPS service with a custom username validator, in IIS.

Many to One Local IPC using WCF and NetNamedPipeBinding

8 Mar 2010 by Lance Roberts

I needed to talk between one server process and multiple client processes, this was a simple test harness to prove it

Real-time SPC Web Application for iPad/Android tablet using jQuery/AJAX/AJAX enabled WCF Service

18 Dec 2013 by Gokuldas

Real time SPC is a Web Application for iPad and Androind using HTML5 and jQuery AJAX.

Reading and Writing XML in C#/VB.Net

22 Dec 2017 by Dirk Bahle

Tips & Tricks on De/Serializing object graphs with XML

Automatic Culture Flowing with WCF by using Custom Behaviour

30 Nov 2007 by Patrick Kalkman

An article to demonstrate culture flow from Windows client to Windows server using WCF.

Windows Workflow (WF) as a WCF Service

17 Jul 2009 by eyedia

Sequential workflow as a WCF service. Create workflow custom activities, invoke child workflow from parent. Configure workflow runtime service using a config file. Basic idea of rules, creating a rule using the rule editor. Applying rules during runtime.

Handling SoapException Detail with a WCF Client from a Web Service

4 Nov 2009 by Larry Aultman

How to catch and handle ASMX based SOAP exceptions in a WCF client.

Synchronous WCF Service Calls with Silverlight

16 Mar 2010 by Valentin Billotte

How to make TRUE sync call in Silverlight

Angular Single-Page Applications - Cool Privilege Control System

29 Mar 2016 by wells cheung

Angular Single-Page Application, MEF, Privilege Control, WCF Restful Service, ui-router,

entity-framework

How to Create a WCF WebService in VB.NET

16 May 2017 by Rene Bustos

WCF WebService IN VB.NET Response JSON

HTTP Binary Serialization through ASP.NET without WCF

15 Aug 2009 by Ricardo Pineda Then

Shows how to serialize an object using binary serialization without using WCF.

WCF by Example - Chapter XIV - Validation & Exception Management

25 Oct 2012 by Enrique Albert

WPF Validation using the IDataErrorInfo interface combined with Validation attributes

SQL-Server-2005

Async/Await in WPF to invoke WCF with Busy Indicator and Abort Feature

30 Nov 2015 by Nejimon CR

Implement WCF web service access from WPF with busy indicator and premature cancellation feature without using delegates, background worker, or separate event procedure

Using WebSocket in .NET 4.5 (Part 4)

29 Jul 2013 by Zhuyun Dai

Using WebSocket with Microsoft.WebSockets.dll.

WCF 4.5 Services Development with Entity Framework and MVC 4

15 Oct 2013 by Balimusi

WCF 4.5 Services Development using Entity Framework and MVC 4 front-end

Integrate Reporting Services with Silverlight and RIA Services

28 Jul 2010 by Ernesto Herrera

Integrate Reporting Services with your Silverlight Line-of-Business applications.

entity-framework

BikeInCity 2 - KnockoutJS, JQuery, Google Maps

18 May 2012 by hoonzis

This article describes how to use KnockoutJS, JQuery and Google Maps to create a responsive GUI of web applications. The usage of MVVM helps to keep JavaScript code organized and easy to evolve and maintain.

Cool Privilege Control System Part 2 -- asp.net MVC with WCF

29 Feb 2016 by wells cheung

Privilege Control System based on MVC and WCF.

Securing Your .NET Applications – A Summary Review Of Visual Guard

10 Nov 2014 by Dirk_Strauss

Securing Your .NET Applications – A Summary Review Of Visual Guard

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WorkflowChannel for Windows Azure BizTalk Service (WABS)

30 Jan 2014 by Roman Kiss

This article describes how a Windows Azure BizTalk Service Bridge pipeline can be extended for message mediation by Workflow (VETER + WORKFLOW Pattern).

So you enjoy writing boilerplate?

30 Jun 2016 by Simon Gulliver

Really? Then why is so much effort wasted writing boilerplate which can be more accurately and efficiently automated?

Centralizing WCF Client Configuration in a Class Libary

3 Dec 2015 by Nejimon CR

This article describes how to put your WCF client configuration in a class library's config file instead of client application's config file

A SOA Approach to Dynamic DOCX-PDF Report Generation - Part 1

23 Aug 2010 by Erion Pici

Generating docx reports in a client-server architecture, without using MS Office

What’s New in WCF 4.5? UDP Transport Support

18 Feb 2012 by Ido Flatow

This is the tenth post in the WCF 4.5 series.

A Beginner's Tutorial on Managing Sequence of Operations in WCF Service

25 Mar 2013 by Rahul Rajat Singh

This article talks about managing sequence of operations in a WCF service.

Creating Test Objects With FakeModel

17 Dec 2013 by Member 9913858

An introduction to using FakeModel to create test aata for you.

An easy to use WPF Autocomplete Textbox

10 Jul 2014 by Eric Pap

An easy to use custom control basedon textbox that allows Autocomplete, compatible with WCF

MVC Angular JS and WCF Rest Service for Master/Detail HTML Grid

27 May 2015 by syed shanu

MVC, AngularJS and WCF Rest Service for Master / Detail HTML Grid

Autogenerate DataContracts for WCF from POCO Classes

7 Dec 2016 by Kuv Patel

Convert a class library of POCO classes to datacontracts for use with WCF without having to write DataContract and DataMember attributes directly to the POCO classes.

entity-framework

Reusing WCF Service Across Several Applications using Different Bindings

21 Dec 2011 by Kausik J. Nag

Reusing WCF service across several applications using different bindings

Making WCF Service reference configurable from web.config in Silverlight application

22 Apr 2012 by ManojKumar19

How to make WCF service reference configurabe for Silverlight project(makes easy for deploying on severs like Dev, QA, UAT etc.)

Creating a Generic (Static and Unchanging) WCF Interface

11 Dec 2012 by Aron Weiler

Learn how to create a static and unchanging WCF interface that still supports most WCF capabilities.

Facade to disparate databases

19 Sep 2013 by G3Coder

Details using an ORM model to provide a common facade to multiple disparate databases.

A Customisable ORM for Multi-tier Applications

19 Jun 2014 by Simon Gulliver

How to write your own customised ORM, targeted at multi-tier applications

App Inventor communicating with WCF Service using TinyWebDb interface

2 Sep 2014 by Pavel Sinkevich

Implement TinyWebDb interface on WCF Service to communicate with Android application developed with App Inventor

Active Directory Webservices for DevOps

27 Oct 2015 by saddam abu ghaida

Active Directory Web services Which handles Authentication, SSO for other apps, aside from Native Routines

active-directory

How to use a WCF Service without adding Service Reference in MVC

18 Jul 2016 by Khunt Suchit

How to use a WCF Service without adding a Proxy or Service Reference in ASP.net MVC Application

A Robust and Elegant Single Instance WPF Application Approach Using WCF

18 May 2017 by Jon Campbell

How to utilize WCF to allow a single instance of any WPF application without needing mutexes, extra assemblies, or special "hacks".

RESTful WCF - Part 2 of n

9 Apr 2009 by Sacha Barber

RESTful WCF

Summarizing Client Side Asynchronous Invocations in WCF/WCF Silverlight

18 Apr 2010 by Tamas Koszoru

Summarizing client side asynchronous invocations in WCF/WCF Silverlight. Introducing ServiceClient class.

Using Paging in WCF Data Services

18 Jul 2010 by Gil Fink

In the new release of WCF Data Services, we get server side paging and this will be addressed in this post.

Introducing the Composite Data Service Framework

27 Nov 2011 by Dave Kerr

Use a single Data Service to expose data from many sources with the Composite Data Service Framework!

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator - IClientChangeTracking Interface

29 Dec 2011 by Weidong Shen

This article describes the IClientChangeTracking interface generated by Self-Tracking Entity Generator for WPF/Silverlight.

Caching WCF javascript proxy on browser

4 Apr 2012 by Omar Al Zabir

WCF Javascript Proxies (Service.svc/js) are never cached. They get generated and downloaded on every page view thus increasing page download time and server CPU. Here's an HttpModule to cache WCF Javascript Proxy on browser and respond with HTTP 304, if unchanged.

Support for JSONP in WCF REST services

9 Jul 2012 by Thrivikram Hathwar

Sample to demonstrate building a cross domain script enabled WCF REST service and consuming it in a web app.

LightSwitch HTML Picture Manager Using WCF RIA Services

18 Apr 2013 by defwebserver

This is a Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Picture File Manager that uses WCF RIA Services to upload and view files on the web server.

Techniques to "Fault Find Issues" - Within Your Remote WCF Services

12 Dec 2013 by Bert O Neill

Know how to find issues within your deployed WCF services

Azure: SQL Azure

9 Nov 2014 by Sacha Barber

SQL Azure

Hosting a WCF Web Service inside a Windows Service using Spring.Net

21 Dec 2014 by BobbyPhillips

Step-by-step guide to building a WCF Web Service hosted in a Windows Service

Putting WCF to Work

14 Jan 2016 by Asher Barak, Itiel Beeri

Infrastructure for large scale WCF services layer development

Integrate Validation Block with WCF

23 Sep 2011 by Ercan Anlama

Introduces how to integrate and use the validation block features in Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 with WCF.

MSMQ Outgoing Queue Mover

28 Jan 2012 by Gil.Schmidt

How to move a wcf msmq message from an outgoing queue to another outgoing queue.

Creating Your Own (Customized) Standard Endpoints in WCF 4

2 Feb 2012 by Ido Flatow

Creating customized standard endpoints in WCF 4

What’s New in WCF 4.5? WebSocket Support (Part 2 of 2)

6 Mar 2012 by Ido Flatow

WebSocket support with plain text messages that enables the interaction between web browsers and WCF

WCF in a stateful application (WPF/Silverlight)

9 Apr 2013 by David J Rundle

Handling the Faulted state and Closure of a WCF service when being used in a stateful application.

A WCF service to expose the core functions of a smart card

1 Feb 2013 by orouit

This article introduces a WCF service to expose the core functions necessary to communicate with a smart card.

Invoking Bing Maps REST API through an Orchestration in BizTalk Server 2013

20 Feb 2014 by Naveen Karamchetti

This article attempts to explain how to invoke the Bing Maps REST API through an Orchestration in BizTalk Server 2013.

Model-driven development and prototyping by sample - cloud (part 3)

23 Jan 2015 by Lothar Behrens

How code generation can make the distributed architecture an easy task

Silverlight Application with Management Entity Framework and WCF Service

20 Dec 2014 by Roger C Moore

A guide to constructing an application using Expression Blend and Silverlight for the front-end which obtains data from a WCF service and SQL Server back-end

BasicHttpBinding with Custom Authorization

24 Feb 2015 by Joe Murphy

Monitor Network Traffic for BasicHttpBinding WCF call using Wireshark

Implement A Duplex Service Using WCF --- Beginner's Tutorial For WCF

3 Nov 2015 by Damon Du

The blog documented problems encountered in the process of learning WCF and Computer Network.

Consume Data from a OData WCF Data Service in a .NET Client

14 May 2018 by NobsterTheLobster

Consume data from a WCF Data service in a .NET client. MSAL OAuth 2.0

RESTful WCF - Part 1 of n

9 Apr 2009 by Sacha Barber

RESTful WCF

How to enable multi-hop impersonation using constrained delegation in .NET and Active Directory

18 Aug 2009 by sravan kumar surabhi, Ken Hadden

A step-by-step guide to help solve a common authentication problem faced by .NET multi-tier developers.

Web RSS Builder Part 1: Building Generic XML Data Source for ASP.NET and Silverlight

5 Nov 2010 by SofianH

A description of the open source Web RSS Builder

Configuring WCF Data Services Using Lambda Expressions

25 Apr 2011 by Gil Fink

A simple solution for using lambda extensions instead of strings while configuring a WCF Data Service

AppFabric Caching Extension

2 Jan 2012 by MadhurimaS

A component which can be plugged to a WCF service or any other client to utilize AppFabric caching features

Building WPF Applications with Self-Tracking Entity Generator - Data Validation

21 Jan 2012 by Weidong Shen

This article describes how to do data validation with Self-Tracking Entity Generator for WPF/Silverlight.

What’s New in WCF 4.5? Improved Streaming in IIS Hosting

3 Feb 2012 by Ido Flatow

Improved streaming in IIS hosting

What’s New in WCF 4.5? Changed Default for ASP.NET Compatibility Mode

2 Feb 2012 by Ido Flatow

This post is about the ASP.NET compatibility mode default change of WCF 4.5.

Wcf.js: Call WCF web services from Node.js

8 May 2012 by Yaron Naveh

Call existing web services from within Node apps.

Learn About Places (LAP)

22 Aug 2013 by dhruv chaudhary

LAP provides an feature rich environment for learning and enjoying history and geography of places across the globe

Yummy! Cleaner, Sweeter WCF Proxy Usage with DynamicTidyProxy!

21 Nov 2015 by Martin Jarvis

Cleaner WCF Proxy usage with DynamicTidyProxy

An example WCF data surrogate implementation

29 Nov 2016 by Kemeny Attila

A complete example of using the WCF data contract surrogate

WCF for the Real World, Not Hello World, Part II

18 Aug 2017 by Zijian

WCF development for real RAD in enterprise through teamwork

How to Pass Arbitrary Data in a Message Object using WCF

31 Mar 2009 by Leonid Sorokin

How to pass arbitrary data in a message object using WCF

Web RSS Builder Part 2: The ASP.NET Application

5 Nov 2010 by SofianH

A description of the open source Web RSS Builder

Web RSS Builder Part 3: The Silverlight Application

5 Nov 2010 by SofianH

A description of the open source Web RSS Builder

WCF Support for WSDL 2.0

12 Feb 2011 by Yaron Naveh

A command line utility to generate WCF proxies from WSDL 2.0 documents.

WCF/ASMX Interoperability – Removing the Annoying xxxSpecified when Adding a Web Reference to a WCF Service

1 Feb 2012 by Ido Flatow

WCF/ASMX Interoperability – Removing the Annoying xxxSpecified when adding a web reference to a WCF service

Conditional WCF DataContract Serialization (Using DataContractSurrogate)

11 Jul 2012 by Sumit Chawla

How to add conditional DataContract Serialization in a declarative manner.

BizTalk ESB Exception Handling – Consuming WCF Services – Part II

4 Nov 2012 by Grant Harmer

Managing exceptions when consuming WCF services via the BizTalk ESB Toolkit - Part II

BizTalk ESB Exception Handling – Consuming WCF Services – Part III

3 Nov 2012 by Grant Harmer

Managing exceptions when consuming WCF services via the BizTalk ESB Toolkit - Part III