Creating and Accessing WCF Service Library

In this article we will learn about Creating and accessing a WCF Service Library in Visual Studio.

Lets start by Creating a WCF Service Library as shown below :



Visual Studio will generate a project as shown below :



Let's not get into the details now. This is just a introduction article of how to create a Windows Service Library . So Hit F5 .

A WCF Test Client opens up as shown below :




The Service gets added to the My Service Projects automatically as shown below :



Select the GetData() method which is created by default by the WCF .



Enter a value, say 2, in the Value field and hit Invoke Button .



The Response is displayed as shown below :



You have successfully created and accessed a WCF Service Library. In future posts we will get into the details of WCF .