Visual Studio does not generate client proxy code when adding service reference

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I have a WF [Workflow Foundation] project and when I try adding a service reference [Visual Studio 2013-Target Framework is 4.5.1] to it the generated reference code doesn't contain the client proxy code. I tried adding a service reference to other non WF projects [Library projects] and it works fine and the reference.cs contains the Client proxy code. Why Visual Studio doesn't generate client proxy for WF projects? If the facility is not there then obviously I am taking the wrong approach. How can I use a WCF method inside my CodeActivity?

Just to remind you that this is not the duplicate of the following thread : Service reference not generating client types

In fact that's exactly what I wanted to do but every time I tried to do it I was given an error saying a question with the same title has been posted already. I was pressing the Answer you Question button for your information. — MHOOS
– MHOOS, Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 14:39
I don't think an answer exists with the same title (at least I can't find it), it must be a bug. Try changing it to a slightly different title. When you use the "Answer your own question" checkbox, you're given two text areas: one for the question and another for the answer. — dcastro
– dcastro, Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 14:42
I had to change the title as you said and now it works and I answered my own question. Thanks for mentioning though. — MHOOS
– MHOOS, Commented Jun 10, 2014 at 14:46

MHOOS · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10 14:44:15Z

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Instead of a simple Reference.cs file Visual Studio kindly adds 7 more files to the service reference folder. When I recompile the project and build it all the methods of my WCF service appeared on the toolbox [and became available] and now I can use them in my Work Flows.

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 14:44

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Colin P. Hill Over a year ago

Thanks for posting the solution you found for your own problem, but you forgot to mark it answered!

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