How can I consume a WCF service using a local WSDL file?

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Assaf Stone picture Assaf Stone · Sep 27, 2009 · Viewed 11.1k times · Source

I need to consume a WCF service based on a (preferably single) wsdl file.

The environment is VS-2008 (sp1), and I will be using a customized "Add Service Reference" macro to generate an error handling proxy. I want to be able to do this, by supplying a WSDL file that I get from the service provider (I do not want to supply a host URL).

How can this be done?

Answer

marc_s picture marc_s · Sep 27, 2009

Sure - you can copy the path+filename for the WSDL and paste that into the "Add Service Reference" dialog box in Visual Studio (or just type int the full path + WSDL file name).

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Alternatively, you can use the svcutil.exe command line utility to convert the WSDL file to your client proxy class.

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