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// A member variable of type ServiceHost.

private ServiceHost myHost;

public MathWinService()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

protected override void OnStart(string[] args)

{

// Just to be really safe.

if (myHost != null)

{

myHost.Close();

myHost = null;

}

// Create the host. 

myHost = new ServiceHost(typeof(MathService));

// The ABCs in code!

Uri address = new Uri("http://localhost:8080/MathServiceLibrary");

WSHttpBinding binding = new WSHttpBinding();

Type contract = typeof(IBasicMath);

// Add this endpoint.

myHost.AddServiceEndpoint(contract, binding, address);

// Open the host.

myHost.Open();

}

protected override void OnStop()

{

// Shut down the host.

if(myHost != null)

myHost.Close();

}

}

While nothing is preventing you from using a configuration file when building a Windows

service host for a WCF service, here (for a change of pace) notice that you are programmatically

establishing the endpoint using the Uri, WSHttpBinding, and Type classes, rather than making use of

a *.config file. Once you have created each aspect of the ABCs, you inform the host programmati-

cally by calling AddServiceEndpoint().

Enabling MEX

While we could enable MEX programmatically as well, we will opt for a configuration file. Insert a

new App.config file into your Windows service project that contains the following MEX settings:

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behaviorConfiguration = "MathServiceMEXBehavior"> 

binding="mexHttpBinding"

contract="IMetadataExchange" />