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WF Persistence - Where [DataContract] != [Serializable]

Published 1 November 8 3:27 AM | William

Let's say you were using Workflow Foundation (WF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Assume you wanted to use WF's Persistence mechanism (which requires types to be Serializable ). And assume that all the objects you were using in the...

Filed under: .NET General, WCF, WIndows Communication Foundation, .NET 3.0 Framework, Workflow, .NET 3.5 Framework

WCF to the rescue

Published 7 July 8 7:41 PM | William

Although part of the idea below was mine, James Ashley was crucial to helping me figure this out. Problem: Without getting into the ghoury details, we have an application that allows users to send messages to large groups of people. Anyone using a client...

Filed under: Misc Technology, WCF, WIndows Communication Foundation, .NET 3.5 Framework, ChannelFactory

Cool Powershell script

Published 20 May 8 11:59 PM | William

I can't take credit for this, I came across it in Windows Communication Foundation Unleashe d - but it's very helpful for administering Windows Communication Foundation ... In the <diagnostics> tag of your service's configuration, two...

Filed under: WCF, Visual Studio .NET Orcas, WIndows Communication Foundation, .NET 3.5 Framework

ChannelFactory.CreateChannel goes to the Gentlemen's Club

Published 12 May 8 6:7 PM | William

Currently, I'm tasked with getting some people up to speed on .NET 3.5 as well as WCF. WCF is really cool and it's easy to fall in love with, but it's also easy to cause you to sleep when you're first learning it. So instead of walking...

Filed under: WCF, WIndows Communication Foundation, .NET 3.5 Framework, ChannelFactory, System.ServiceModel, ClientBase