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Note

The 

SvcConfigEditor.exe

utility can edit (or create) configuration files even if you do not select an ini-

tial WCF Service Library project. Using a Visual Studio 2008 command window, launch the tool and make use of

the File 

➤

Open menu option to load an existing 

*.config

file for editing.

Figure 25-14.

Working with the WCF Service Configuration Editor

We have no need to further configure our WCF MathService, so at this point we can move on to

the task of building a custom host.

Hosting the WCF Service As a Windows Service

As you might agree, hosting a WCF service from within a console application (or within a GUI desk-

top application, for that matter) is not an ideal choice for a production-level server, given that the

host must remain running visibly in the background to service clients. Even if you were to minimize

the hosting application to the Windows taskbar, it would still be far too easy to accidentally shut

down the host, thereby terminating the connection with any client applications.

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