Integrate Silverlight4 application with asp.net application - asp.net

I made one application in silverlight4 and used EDM and WCF-RIA for database access.
Now I want to integrate this application to asp.net project and when I integrate it into the ASP.net project it is giving this exception-
Microsoft JScript runtime error: Unhandled Error in Silverlight Application Load operation failed for query 'GetQuestions'. The remote server returned an error: NotFound. at System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.OperationBase.Complete(Exception error)
at System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.LoadOperation.Complete(Exception error)
at System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.DomainContext.CompleteLoad(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
at System.ServiceModel.DomainServices.Client.DomainContext.<>c_DisplayClass1b.b_17(Object )
so please help me anybody.

Your RIA Services DomainService has 2 parts. You have copied the client part by virtue of copying the XAP file, but you are missing the RIA WCF server-side part of the service.
You need to move the Domain service files from your original Silverlight website to your new ASP.Net project (along with any web.config settings required to wire it up properly). This is not in the ASPX files. Without seeing the specifics of your existing projects I can't tell you exactly what filenames you need to migrate.
My suggestion is to always create RIA Service libraries instead of adding directly to a Silverlight application. Then you can link the Client-side library to any number of Silverlight applications, then link the .Web part of the RIA library to your website to provide the WCF service. Again the key is to migrate the config settings.
It will probably make a lot more sense if you create a new RIA services library project, add your EDM etc, then link the halves to a separate Silverlight app and your new ASP.net website.
Step-by-step:
Create RIA Services Library project by selecting Add New Project. Select Silverlight on the left. Select WCF RIA Services Class Library on the right. I will assume it is called the default name RIAServicesLibrary1 for this example. It will create a Silverlight client library called RIAServicesLibrary1 and a standard .Net library called RIAServicesLibrary1.Web for use by the Web server.
Add your EDMX to the RiaServices.web project. Select Add new item. Select Data on the left. Select ADO.Net Entity Data Model on the right. I will assume it is called the default Model1.edmx for this example. Connect it to your database tables etc.
Build your project so that the next step will find your data model.
Create a Domain Service referencing your EDMX models in your RiaServices.web project. Select Add new item. Select Web on the left. Select Domain Service Class on the right. I will assume it is called DomainService1.cs for this example. Choose your data items from the Add New Domain Service Class popup window by ticking the checkboxes. A set of RIA services objects and methods will be created for each item you select.
Add a reference to the client Ria services library project (RIAServicesLibrary1) to your Silverlight application.
Add a reference to the web RIA services library project (RIAServicesLibrary1.Web) to your hosting web application (e.g. you ASP.Net website).
Copy/merge the various sections in the RIAServicesLibrary1.Web/app.config file into your <webapplication>/web.config file. This will include any connection strings and the module sections.
Build the project again so that the Data Source window will see your new Domain Context data sources.
Use the RIAServicesLibrary1 client object (called DomainService1 in this example) directly from your Silverlight code like this:
DomainService1 client = new DomainService1();
or use the Data Sources window to drag/drop a new grid etc onto a page.
If the Data Sources window is not visible select the "Data" menu then the "Show Data Sources" option.
For more information try this Microsoft link: Using WCF RIA Services

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Web API project template in VS

Why can't we create WebAPI project directly just like "WCF Service Application" template in VS.I want to create separate solution not using MVC or ASP.Net WebForms template. In our project we intend to have service layer on different physical machine hosted by IIS to be consumed by different web applications.
The ASP.NET team is in the process of making their offering more cohesive, an effort they call "One ASP.NET." Under One ASP.NET, MVC, Web Forms, Web API, SignalR, and Entity Framework are all first class citizens. They want to make it easy to create web applications that utilize these technologies without having to give up the others; that is, you can make an MVC project but still use Web Forms; or a Web Forms project can easily add a Web API Project.
Anyway, back to your question: you can't create a Web API project directly (i.e. it's not in the main project template list) anymore because it has been rolled into the the single ASP.NET project type.
They explain,
Starting with Visual Studio 2013, the guessing game about which
project type to choose is over. There is now only one web project type
in Visual Studio.
As you can see from the list of templates, we can choose to start with
a standard Web Forms, MVC, or Web API project type. The other project
types from the old MVC template dialog are still here. The interesting
part is the checkboxes underneath the list of templates. Here, we can
choose to add Web Forms references and folders to an MVC project, or
MVC references and folders to a Web Forms project. This is the gateway
to using more of these features in concert with each other in your
project.
Read the full MSDN blog article about One ASP.NET and the new project types here
You can, however, still create a project (or solution) that contains just the Web API references. Just use the ASP.NET project dialog to choose the Web API project type, and make sure all the other check boxes are unchecked. You'll be able to make your project just for Web API, and then go host it on a dedicated box for your services layer. It's all still there, the UI just looks a little different.

How can I structure my architecture server project?

I'm working with Silverlight. In it, I've created a web project.
I always have created desktop application where I divide my projects in three modules:
Domain
Application
Presentation
But now, I'm working to the server side and I really have no much idea about how to build my architecture. In it, I plan to have a entity model for my database.
So, can you give some ideas about the modules how to structure?
I structure my Silverlight server-side libraries as follows:
MyApp.Host: The main hosting project for the silverlight application. Brings in fact nothing more than the aspx file housing the XAP and the ClientBin folder containing the XAP files. Additionally you can use a global.asax file to run a bootstrapper or any other components needed to startup your server-side application.
MyApp.Server.Services: This project contains all my domain services. The client side libraries have a RIA-Services link set to this project
MyApp.Server.Data: This project contains my Entities, and my data-access-layer, such as database contexts or repositories encapsulating the database access.
Note: This structure is for RIA-Services applications. When using other service types you might want to have a portable library called MyApp.Interfaces for accessing services and entities.

How to add wcf functionality to an existing asp.net website project

I have several asp.net website projects for various sites.
Currently I want to add REST API's to these projects so I can start developing mobile apps (using HTML5/JavaScript/CSS3 and PhoneGap) that make use of these webservices.
Since WCF is far more powerful than regular asp.net webservices (among others with control over the service and authentication/authorization), I'd love to add these to my existing website project.
I did a Google search but cant find anywhere a step-by-step tutorial how this can be done. And also if there's any functionality I'd possibly loose when adding WCF functionality
I was also thinking of creating a new project specifically for WCF, but think I'd rather add it to an existing website project.
Can anyone help me with this?
Depending on exactly what your needs are and how your current web site is configured, there are two approaches.
If you are using a Web Site Project, then you should create your WCF service in a different application:
1) Create a new ASP.Net Web Application Project.
2) Add a new item to the project and select the type of WCF Service or WCF Data Service.
When you deploy this project, you will deploy it to your web server, but not as part of your web site since configuring the web.config will be a large manual effort.
If you are using a Web Application Project, then you could add the WCF Service directly to your existing project. However, I only recommend this approach if you are Silverlight applets within the web site that rely on the user's authenticated credentials.
WCF can be configured with a lot of bindings and it can be configured to return xml or json(.net 4.0). Try to create a wcf service configured to use basichttpbinding or wsHttpBinding and to format the response as json and use jquery to interact with the wcf service. This article might help you http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/Cross_Domain_Call.aspx

Changes to Web Service not reflected in application that has Web Reference

I am required to learn asp.net web services with web forms. I have a web form project that has a web service added as a Web Reference. The problem is, whenever I change anything about the web service (add new methods/services for example), it is not reflected in the application that has the web reference and tells me the new method doesn't exist. How do I fix this?
You have to right-click the web reference and click Update Web Reference to update it manually when the web service contract changes.
Visual Studio will then re-download the wsdl from the service and use it to re-generate the service proxy classes in the client.
Note
Check that you rebuild your web service first, and that those changes are available on the URL used by the web reference in the client project (i.e. if the client app is referencing http://server.mydomain.local/services/CI/myservice/myservice.asmx then just re-building locally won't be enough, you'll need to either deploy the webservice changes or point your client to localhost before you update the web reference.
You probably have to re-import the reference to the webservice. I doubt this definition constantly gets updated like it's a class in your project.

Adding a Single Web Service to an Existing ASP.NET Application

I've written an ASP.NET website along with a companion WinForms desktop application, which is used to maintain the site.
The desktop application needs to create a user. However, this is awkward because I would need to ensure all the membership settings are exactly the same as they are in my website's web.config file.
It would be easier if my desktop application could "call into" the website somehow and tell it to create a user. It seems like a web service would be a good option for this. However, Visual Studio doesn't have an option to add an ASMX file. And if I create a separate, web service application, then that application would have the same problem my desktop application has.
Is there a way to add a single web service to an existing ASP.NET application? Any links? Thanks.
Visual Studio doesn't have an option to add an ASMX file
In the Web application project, or the WinForms project? I assume you mean that you cannot add a Web Reference from within your WinForms project; adding an .asmx file to the WinForms project is not necessary. The Web application project should have the .asmx file, which is called by the WinForms project using a web reference.
In the WinForms project you can consume a web service by right-clicking References in the Solution Explorer, then choosing Add Service Reference... (in Visual Studio 2008; other versions may say Add Web Reference...). Then just enter the web address (which may be local in your case, e.g. localhost/foo.asmx) of the web service (.asmx).
See the section "To call an XML Web service synchronously" in this MSDN article: Calling XML Web Services from Windows Forms.
As an alternative, this MS KB article shows how to use the WSDL tool to generate a class that can consume a *.asmx URL. (The article uses VB, but you can switch the parameter to CS to generate C#.)
Update
To add an .asmx file to your Web project, right-click the project in Visual Studio, select Add -> New Item... -> Web Service. If there is not a "Web Service" item any where in the template browser dialog that comes up, then you are missing the template or you're looking in the wrong place.

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