wsHttpBinding changes to basicHttpBinding in client app.config

Question

In a WCF service I have an endpoint binding set as wsHttpBinding. However when I use Visual Studio to Add Service Reference my clients app.config shows the binding as basicHttpBinding. Does anybody know why this may be happening?

My Endpoint in the service web.config (hosted in IIS 7.5). Gets address from baseAddresses

<endpoint address=""
    binding="wsHttpBinding"
    bindingConfiguration="wsHttpServiceBinding"
    contract="MyProject.IMyService" />

Client app.config:

<client>
    <endpoint address="http://example.com/MyService.svc"
    binding="basicHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="BasicHttpBinding_MyService"
    contract="Service.MyService" name="BasicHttpBinding_MyService" />
</client>

Most probably your configuration is not used and your client is built from default configuration. Check that name in your service element is same as service type in ServicHost directive (.svc file) including namespaces. You can also verify this in WSDL. — Ladislav Mrnka
I did not mention this in post as was trying to keep it simple but I have two bindings, the other being net.tcp which comes through without any issues, hence my confusion. — Cragly

Cragly Cragly · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-05T17:56:19

-- Ladislav Mrnka pointed me in the right direction with this. Thanks very much.

I tried to keep the question simple as I thought the answer may be straight forward. However I should have explained my set up in a little bit more detail as this is where the answer to my problem lay.

Instead of having my service contract (IMyService) residing in my WCF Service Application I had it in another Domain project where I keep all my interfaces so that they can be reused throughout many different projects. In my WCF Service Application .web.config I had the service name pointing at the interface project rather than at the implementation. This caused VS2010 (svcutil.exe) to create a proxy and config based on default settings (I presume reside in the machine.config (for WCF 4)).

So to summarise for anybody else who may come across this issue it was service name pointing to the wrong location. Ensure that the service name points to the implementation (usually in the WCF Service Application - MyProject.MyService) and that the endpoint contract points to the service contract (In the WCF Service Application or external project - MyProject.IMyService or AnotherProject.Interfaces.IMyService).

Thanks for all your help.

wsHttpBinding changes to basicHttpBinding in client app.config

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