WCF error "no endpoint listening" with named pipes

Question

I'm using WCF with .NET 3.5 I am using named pipes but keep getting the error

There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://localhost/Test that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action.

I followed the tutorial http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/wcf-tutorial-basic-interprocess-communication but the problem remains. The endpoints on both the client and server are the same (I checked spelling etc). There is no config file for this project but the config is in the code.

EDIT: Code (client):

  ChannelFactory<ITest> pipeFactory =
    new ChannelFactory<ITest>(
    new NetNamedPipeBinding(),
    new EndpointAddress(
    "net.pipe://localhost/test"));

       ITest test= pipeFactory.CreateChannel();

            test.doStuff();

SERVER:

        serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(Test), new Uri("net.pipe://localhost"));

        serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ITest), new NetNamedPipeBinding(), "test");

        File.Create(@"C:\test.txt");

        serviceHost.Open();

Thanks

I think you will have to show the code. What is hosting the service? The fact that you have https: means that it is looking for https transport, not named pipe. — ColWhi
Hi, Sorry I took the same error message from somewhere else. My error message is:There was no endpoint listening at net.pipe://localhost/Test that could accept the message. This is often caused by an incorrect address or SOAP action. See InnerException, if present, for more details — blade33
Have you got the Console.ReadLine on the server side, if not the server will just be exiting. — ColWhi
obviously not, it isn't working. Basically do you know that your windows service is up and running? — ColWhi
I think that we have come to the end of the help that can be given then. Sorry. — ColWhi

David Joyner David Joyner · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-04T18:04:01

On the server side don't include base addresses when you create the ServiceHost instance. Instead, provide the fully qualified endpoint address when you add the service endpoint:

serviceHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(Test));
serviceHost.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ITest), new NetNamedPipeBinding(), new EndpointAddress("net.pipe://localhost/test"));
File.Create(@"C:\\test.txt");
serviceHost.Open();

WCF error "no endpoint listening" with named pipes

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