Referencing a Wcf Tcp service from within the same solution

Question

I am going through the walkthrough "How to: Use netTcpBinding with Windows Authentication and Transport Security in WCF Calling from Windows Forms"

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff647180.aspx

When I get to "Step 7: Create a Test Client Application" and substep 5: "5.In the Add Service Reference dialog box, set the Service URI: to net.tcp://localhost:8523/WCFTestService and then click Go"

I get "The URI prefix is not recognized. Metadata contains a reference that cannot be resolved".

It's as if the "Add Service Reference" doesn't recognize the "net.tcp" binding.

I'm on Windows 7 x64 using Visual Studio 2012 and my project is targeting x86 and Framework 4.5.

I found this thread

An error in the MSDN walk-through - "How to: Host WCF in a Windows Service Using TCP"

But they didn't have a problem when the client was in the same solution. I am.

Service Config:

    <system.serviceModel>
    <behaviors>
        <serviceBehaviors>
            <behavior name="Publisher.MyServiceBehavior">
                <serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="false" httpsGetEnabled="false" />
                <serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="false" />
            </behavior>
        </serviceBehaviors>
    </behaviors>
    <services>
        <service name="POC_WcfTcpSubscribePublishService.Publisher">
            <endpoint address="" binding="netTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
                name="NetTcpBindingEndpoint" contract="POC_WcfTcpSubscribePublishService.IPublisher">
                <identity>
                    <dns value="localhost" />
                </identity>
            </endpoint>
            <endpoint address="mex" binding="mexTcpBinding" bindingConfiguration=""
                name="MexTcpBindingEndpoint" contract="IMetadataExchange" />
            <host>
                <baseAddresses>
                    <add baseAddress="net.tcp://localhost:8523/WcfTcpSubscribePublish" />
                </baseAddresses>
            </host>
        </service>
    </services>
</system.serviceModel>

any pointers are welcome.

Answer 1

The service must be running before you can add a reference to it.

You can run the service project separately from the context menu within Solution Explorer.

Answer 2

You have a service behavior: Publisher.MyServiceBehavior

But you don't apply that service behavior to your service. After service name="..." do this:

behaviorConfiguration="Publisher.MyServiceBehavior"