1- Start with downloading this archive :

CompileWithDotNet11.zip

2- Check the requirements :

Visual Studio 2005, C#
Framework .NET 1.1
CompileWithDotNet11.zip (cf 1!)

3- Follow the instructions :

- Copy ‘DotNet11Compile.CSharp.targets’ to C:\Program Files\MSBuild (This file was initialy built by Jomo, I have just changed 2 lines : http://blogs.msdn.com/jomo_fisher/articles/410896.aspx)
- Open Visual Studio 2005 and create an empty C# project (console, library, winform, …) or open a old Visual Studio 2003 C# project and accept the convertion
- Save it and close Visual Studio 2005
- Open the .csproj file with notepad
- Change the following line
 
 <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />

 by

 <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\DotNet11Compile.CSharp.targets" />

- Re-Open the C# project
- Open the Configuration manager (Right-Click the solution and select it in the menu or open the ‘Debug/Release’ drop-down list en select it)
- Choose ‘New’ in the ‘Active Solution Plateform’ list (Current selected value should be ‘Any CPU’)
- Select ‘.NET 1.1′ and validate
- Build
(If necessary, correct errors on lines like ’using System.Collections.Generic;’ by commenting it and rebuild)

The archive ‘CompileWithDotNet11.zip’ contains a sample C# console project.

Essentials references for understanding WCF….

WCF Base

WCF Callbacks, Events

WCF Instances Management

WCF Features comparison : (table below was extracted from this article)

Web Service Software Factory

To avoid this error, replace :

Response.End with HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest();

Response.Redirect(url) with Response.Redirect(url, false)

Server.Transfert with Server.Execute

For details, consult the microsoft kb : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312629/EN-US/

Sample console application that read the content of an event log…

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Diagnostics;

namespace EventLogReader{
  public class Program {
    static void Main (string[] args){
      EventLog logger=new EventLog("Application");
      int maxLineLength=30;
      string logFilter="*";     //*, I, W, E, ?            
      string message;
      string type;
      int counter=0;
      DateTime start, end;
      TimeSpan executionTime;
      start=DateTime.Now;
      foreach (EventLogEntry entry in logger.Entries){
        message=entry.Message.Replace("\n", " ");
        if (message.Length>maxLineLength) message=message.Substring(0, maxLineLength)+"…";
        switch (entry.EntryType){
          case EventLogEntryType.Information: type="I";
          break;
          case EventLogEntryType.Warning: type="W";
          break;
          case EventLogEntryType.Error: type="E";
          break;
          default: type="?";
          break;
        }
        if (logFilter=="*" || logFilter==type) {
          Console.WriteLine("[{4}>{0}-{1}({2})] {3}", type, entry.Source, entry.InstanceId, message, entry.TimeWritten.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"));
          Console.Out.Flush();
          counter++;
        }
      }
      end=DateTime.Now;
      executionTime=end-start;
      Console.WriteLine("{0} row(s) displayed in {1} ms. Press a key to quit…", counter, executionTime.TotalMilliseconds);
      Console.Read();
    }

  }

}