Implementing WCF .Net 4 on the windows 2008 R2 server

I recently came across one of those annoying deployment issues when I deployed my WCF project to a windows 2008 R2 server.

After much googling and scratching my head till I could feel my scalp going raw, I figured out that WCF activation needs to be added as a feature through the Server Manager.

When I actually figured that part out I was caught on a another mind-boggling experience. .Net framework 4 was not available via the Server Manager. But I look at the WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework folder and there was .Net 4.
Anyhow I figured this out too, you need to have the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Standalone Installer) for Server Core

So things to watch out for

1) .Net 4 (Server Core) edition is installed on the windows 2008 server
2) Make sure that you add the feature WCF Activation is added to the server.

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Here is a quick reference on using XDocument

Here is a quick reference on using XDocument


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1) Loading an XML file into a Xdocument object

XDocument xdocSource = XDocument.Parse(Xmltmp);

2) Loading a string directly into a Xdocument object

XDocument xdocSource = XDocument.Load(XMLReader xr);

3) To get to a particular element you need to follow the path

XmlElement xe = xdocSource.Descendants(soap + "JobDetails").FirstOrDefault().Element(soap + "JobNumber");

4) To get the value of the above use the following
string tmp = xdocSource.Descendants(soap + "JobDetails").FirstOrDefault().Element(soap + "JobNumber").Value;


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