Adding Service Reference to a net.pipe service - wcf

Question

I have started learning WCF and have created a few test http services successfully. Now, i was trying to create a self-hosted WCF service using net.pipe binding. Below is the configuration file for the service:-
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<system.serviceModel>
<services>
<service behaviorConfiguration="MEX" name="InProcService.MyService">
<endpoint address="MyService"
binding="netNamedPipeBinding" bindingConfiguration="" contract="InProcService.IMyService" />
<endpoint address="Mex" binding="mexNamedPipeBinding"
contract="IMetadataExchange" />
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="net.pipe://localhost/InProcService/" />
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8001/InProcService/" />
</baseAddresses>
</host>
</service>
</services>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="MEX" >
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="true"/>
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
</system.serviceModel>
</configuration>
Now in my host application, I am starting the service using:-
ServiceHost host = new ServiceHost(typeof(MyService));
host.Open();
Console.WriteLine("Service started");
host.Close();
The service starts correctly when this code is executed.
Now, when in my client application, I try to add the service reference to this running service, it is not able to find it. Is there something which I am not doing or doing incorrectly?
I would appreciate any help I can get on this.
Cheers,
Abhi.

Answer 1

The service is opened and closed after that. By the time you start the client the server is already closed. So Console.ReadKey() is required is requied before close.