well this problem seems to have resolved itself (suddenly after never complaining before, WCF started getting upset about a certain value in the app.config, changed that and it seemed to work then!)
however now i have an equally strange problem! for somre reason it refuses to accept that i have configured metadata to be published. my app.config (host side) set up is as follows:
<services>
<service name="DataFeederService.FeederService" behaviorConfiguration="DataFeederService.FeederServiceBehavior">
<host>
<baseAddresses>
<add baseAddress="http://localhost:8010/Feeder"/>
<add baseAddress="net.pipe://localhost/FeederPipe"/>
</baseAddresses>
</host>
<!-- Service Endpoints -->
<!-- Unless fully qualified, address is relative to base address supplied above -->
<endpoint name="namedPipeEndpoint"
address=""
bindingConfiguration="IPCWindowsSecurity"
binding="netNamedPipeBinding"
contract="DataFeederService.IFeederService">
<identity>
<dns value="localhost" />
</identity>
</endpoint>
<endpoint name="httpEndpoint"
address="FeederService"
binding="wsHttpBinding"
bindingConfiguration="httpBinding"
contract="DataFeederService.IWebFeederService"/>
<!-- Metadata Endpoints -->
<!-- The Metadata Exchange endpoint is used by the service to describe itself to clients. -->
<!-- This endpoint does not use a secure binding and should be secured or removed before deployment -->
<endpoint address="mex" binding="mexHttpBinding" contract="IMetadataExchange"/>
</service>
</services>
<bindings>
<netNamedPipeBinding>
<binding name="IPCWindowsSecurity"
maxBufferPoolSize="965536"
maxBufferSize="965536"
maxReceivedMessageSize="965536">
<readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="965536" />
<security mode="Transport">
<transport protectionLevel="EncryptAndSign" />
</security>
</binding>
</netNamedPipeBinding>
<wsHttpBinding>
<binding name="httpBinding"
maxBufferPoolSize="965536"
maxReceivedMessageSize="965536">
<readerQuotas maxStringContentLength="965536" />
</binding>
</wsHttpBinding>
</bindings>
<behaviors>
<serviceBehaviors>
<behavior name="DataFeederService.FeederServiceBehavior">
<!-- To avoid disclosing metadata information,
set the value below to false and remove the metadata endpoint above before deployment -->
<serviceMetadata httpGetEnabled="True" policyVersion="Policy15"/>
<!-- To receive exception details in faults for debugging purposes,
set the value below to true. Set to false before deployment
to avoid disclosing exception information -->
<serviceDebug includeExceptionDetailInFaults="True" httpHelpPageEnabled="true" />
</behavior>
</serviceBehaviors>
</behaviors>
I have tried my best to work out why it would be claiming the metadata isn't being published at the specified address "http://localhost:8010/Feeder/mex". any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers!