Hey all,

I need to make some connections on startup of a server. I'm using the wcf technology for this client-server application. The problem is that the constructor of the server isn't called at any time, so for the moment, i initialize the connections when the first client makes a connection. But this generates problems in a further part.

This is my server setup:

private static ServiceHost _svc;

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        NetTcpBinding binding = new NetTcpBinding(SecurityMode.Message);
        Uri address = new Uri("net.tcp://localhost:8000");
        _svc = new ServiceHost(typeof(MonitoringSystemService), address);
        publishMetaData(_svc, "http://localhost:8001");
        _svc.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IMonitoringSystemService), binding, "Monitoring Server");
        _svc.Open();

        Console.WriteLine("Listener service gestart op net.tcp://localhost:8000/Monitoring");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static void publishMetaData(ServiceHost svc, string sEndpointAddress)
    {
        ServiceMetadataBehavior smb = svc.Description.Behaviors.Find<ServiceMetadataBehavior>();
        if (smb != null)
        {
            smb.HttpGetEnabled = true;
            smb.HttpGetUrl = new Uri(sEndpointAddress);
        }
        else
        {
            smb = new ServiceMetadataBehavior();
            smb.HttpGetEnabled = true;
            smb.HttpGetUrl = new Uri(sEndpointAddress);
            svc.Description.Behaviors.Add(smb);
        }
    }

How can i start the server without waiting for a client to logon so i can initialize it.

Thanks in advance.