Update service reference from the code?

Question

At the moment, whenever I change something in .svc file in the ASP.NET project, I have to compile that project, on the first place, and then Update Service Reference manually. It's very tedious work if you have 10+ service references.

Can I set in VS2008 settings that service references are automatically updated on build? For example, in such case I would only need to press F5 (or ctrl+F5) and all service references would be updated.

Answer 1

No such an option doesn't exist.

Answer 2

So you manually click on each service reference and choose Update??? Any faster way to do this task(s)?

Answer 3

What about setting build events in project's properties (post-build events)?

Does anyone know how can I update service references from the code so that I could use that code as post-build event?

Answer 4

Currently investigating the same problem. It's not a problem to invoke the svcutil.exe utility from build event... I wonder how to do that only in the case .svc file(s) really changed (to save time)... guess I'll need to write a MSBuild script...

Answer 5

Currently investigating the same problem. It's not a problem to invoke the svcutil.exe utility from build event... I wonder how to do that only in the case .svc file(s) really changed (to save time)... guess I'll need to write a MSBuild script...

 

As I don't need to check if the files have been updated or not, could you tell me what to add in 'Post-build event command line' in order to update all service references after the project has been built?