Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2008 comes with a tool to test our WCF services called WcfTestClient, you can run it from "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\WcfTestClient.exe". But what happens if you need to run this tool to test a WCF Service in a PC that don't have Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2008 installed?
Well, you simply need to copy the listed files from the next path "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\":
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SvcUtil.exe
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SvcUtil.exe.config
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WcfSvcHost.chm*
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WcfSvcHost.exe
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WcfSvcHost.exe.config
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WcfTestClient.chm*
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WcfTestClient.exe
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WcfTestClient.exe.config
*Files marked with an asterisk are optional.
But if you run the app shows you the next error:
| Assembly Microsoft.VisualStudio.VirtualTreeGrid, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f7f11d50a3a was not found. Reinstall the assembly or Visual Studio. The application cannot continue and will exit. |
And now you need to add to the previous files the next file that resides in the GAC:
Maybe you're thinking right now ... hmm? How I can get a file from the GAC? ... It's easy!
Press the Windows Key + R, and then the Run Window appears, just copy the next path:
%windir%\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.VisualStudio.VirtualTreeGrid\
... and you will find a folder with the VirtualTreeGrid assembly inside. Copy this file to the same folder where the other files resides and you are ready to use WcfTestClient from a PC that don't have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Installed.
UPDATED April 27, 2009:
You can download all the files here.
Enyoy It!