How to set that the WCF Test Client will run every time the service is running

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Erez picture Erez · Oct 18, 2011 · Viewed 17.3k times · Source

I have a WCF project and when I run it sometimes it lunch the WCF Test and sometimes it does not.

How can I set the WCF Test Client to always be displayed ?

Answer

JamesQMurphy picture JamesQMurphy · Jul 4, 2015

The link in MLF's answer does contain good information, and is definitely worth a read. However, it took me a while to find the specific answer I was looking for, which is about halfway down the page:

If you set the focus on the .svc or .xamlx file in Solution Explorer, WCF Test Client will start when pressing F5.

This still holds true in Visual Studio 2015.

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