WCF Test Client says Added Service Successfully but shows nothing

Question

I opened C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE

I added http://localhost:44652/MyService.svc

It says added successfully but I see absolutely nothing in the test client, it looks the same as if I first opened it.

Not sure why it would do that. Here's my PC setup:

• Windows 7 64 bit
• VS 2012
• WCF 4
• I am using WebGet and WebInvoke for the REST portion but we want to also support wsdl

Answer 1

1) Please go to your browser and go to

http://localhost:44652/MyService.svc

You should see a web page that says "There is a service here."

2) Then you can use advanced rest service client by google chrome to test your service

Answer 2

Web endpoints (aka REST) do not expose metadata that the WCF Test Client can understand. There's a similar issue discussed here.