There was an error downloading metadata from the address

wcf service-reference
user1386919 picture user1386919 · May 16, 2012 · Viewed 43.2k times · Source

I am trying to add service reference.

There was an error downloading metadata from the address

this is the error which is being displayed again and again?

Please help

Answer

ganjeii picture ganjeii · Jan 11, 2016

You may also just need to build / rebuild the project.

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