How to use a WSDL file to create a WCF service not make a call

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I have an old WSDL file and I want to create a server based on this WSDL file   The WSDL is generated from a ASMX  I suppose but I am not sure    How can I achieve this      original question where the OP thought he needed to create a client based on the WSDL

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Use svcutil exe with the  sc switch to generate the WCF contracts  This will create a code file that you can add to your project  It will contain all interfaces and data types you need to create your service   Change the output location using the  o switch  or you can find the file in the folder where you ran svcutil exe  The default language is C  but I think  I ve never tried it  you should be able to change this using  l vb    svcutil  sc  WSDL file path    If your WSDL has any supporting XSD files pass those in as arguments after the WSDL   svcutil  sc  WSDL file path   XSD 1 file path   XSD 2 file path       XSD n file path    Then create a new class that is your service and implement the contract interface you just created

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Using the  Add Service Reference  tool in Visual Studio  you can insert the address as      file    path to wsdl file wsdl   And it will load properly

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You could use svcutil exe to generate client code  This would include the definition of the service contract and any data contracts and fault contracts required   Then  simply delete the client code  classes that implement the service contracts  You ll then need to implement them yourself  in your service

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There are good resources out there if you know what to search for   Try   Contract First  and WCF   or  WSDL First  and WCF    Here is a selection     Basic overview of WSDL-First development with WCF and SvcUtil exe   WSCF - A free add-in to Visual Studio enabling Contract-First design with WCF   Introduction to WSCF A walkthrough of using WSCF The WSCF project page on CodePlex  WSCF is now open source   Article on how to design  WCF-Friendly  WSDL

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Using svcutil  you can create interfaces and classes  data contracts  from the WSDL   svcutil your wsdl  or svcutil your wsdl  l vb if you want Visual Basic    This will create a file called  your cs  in C   or  your vb  in VB NET  which contains all the necessary items   Now  you need to create a class  MyService  which will implement the service interface  IServiceInterface  - or the several service interfaces - and this is your server instance   Now a class by itself doesn t really help yet - you ll need to host the service somewhere  You need to either create your own ServiceHost instance which hosts the service  configure endpoints and so forth - or you can host your service inside IIS

[wcf] How to use a WSDL file to create a WCF service (not make a call)

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