Host WCF in a Windows Forms application - asp.net

Question

I have created a WCF service (DLL file), and I can use it when adding a service reference to it from my "adjacent" project in the solution.
I wish to make this WCF service accessible / host it, in a Windows Forms application. I need to use it from a remote location and need to access it via a URI. (IP address : Port !?)
What I am unsure of, is how to host it in the Windows Forms application? I have gone though many examples, but I can't quite get behind what needs to be done...
Do I add the DLL file reference to a new Windows Forms application, and somehow "shell" the DLL file?
Can I change my WCF service project type to a Windows Forms project? What needs to happen here?
I would appreciate some basic examples, that I could build upon. I have no preference for binding, but although I will now be accessing it from another remote Windows Forms application, ultimately, it will be accessed/used by a remote ASP.NET web application.
For now, I need to get it working on:
Remote Windows Forms application <---> (server) WCF service (hosted in its own Windows Forms application)
How can I do this?

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, rather that ASP.NET, it sounds like you are looking for self-hosting. See How to: Host a WCF Service in a Managed Application.
Your service can stay in its own class library; you only need to instantiate it from a Windows Forms project. For example, copy that Program.Main() into your Program.cs, replacing the...
Console.WriteLine("The service is ready at {0}", baseAddress);
Console.WriteLine("Press <Enter> to stop the service.");
Console.ReadLine();
...lines with the...
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new Form1());
...ones typically included in a Windows Forms project.

Answer 2

Try this...
Add the DLL file reference of your already-created WCF library to the new Windows application project and on any event, like a button click, try the following code.
ServiceHost sh = new ServiceHost("http://localhost:9092/MyService")
sh.open();

Answer 3

You can refer to the article Four Steps to create first WCF Service: Beginners Series.