Integrating a WCF service in a WPF application

Once you create a WCF service, you probably would like to integrate it into a client application. But before that, you will have to create a WCF client proxy, so that you can communicate with the service through the WCF client proxy.

In this recipe, we will learn how to create the proxy client and give a call to the service to pass messages between the service and the client.

Getting ready

Before going into the steps to integrate the service, we need to create a client application. Open your Visual Studio IDE, and create a new WPF project. Name it CH09.ClientDemo.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to create the service proxy and integrate the service call in the client application:

1. Right-click on the project node (CH09.ClientDemo), and follow the context menu path Add | Service Reference..., which will open the Add Service Reference dialog on the screen:

2. In the Add Service Reference dialog, enter the service URL (http://localhost:59795/Services/EmployeeService...