Comments on: “Add Service Reference” option not appearing in Visual Studio 2008

By: MAШTAГИHEЦ

MAШTAГИHEЦ — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:35:17 +0000

Очень даже любопытно. В особенности второе.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:03:28 +0000

Excellent! Thanks for the info.

By: Sid

Sid — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:57:25 +0000

Here’s how you can access the older “Add Web Reference” dialog in VS 2008:

Click on the “Advanced” button in the “Add Service Reference” dialog. That’ll pop the “Service Reference Settings” dialog where the “Add Web Reference” button now resides.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:50:46 +0000

On VS2008 when I switched to .NET 3.0 I lost the “Add Web Reference” and gained the “Add Service Reference”. When I switched back to .NET 2.0 I lost the “Add Service Reference” and gained the “Add Web Reference”.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:29:42 +0000

Oh you rock!! I have been looking for the solution to this problem for some time. Didn’t think to look if my my target framework was using .NET 3.0 or later. I was using .NET 2.0. After switching it to .NET 3.0 the “add Service Reference” shows. Thanks!!

By: popnadrian

popnadrian — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:32:05 +0000

I don’t see on my VS Add Web Reference …. only Add Service Reference; does anybody meet this problem?

By: Ratan

Ratan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:39:34 +0000

go to project–>properties–>compile(second tab)–>Advanced Compile Options(set .net framework to 3.5)

By: ben

ben — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:24:44 +0000

Your the man!!!!!!!

Thanks

By: Vaibhav Chawla

Vaibhav Chawla — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:28:44 +0000

Very nice tip.
Thanks a lot.

Vaibhav

By: Sid

Sid — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:08:37 +0000

Thanks Matt for mentioning the ProjectTypeGuid workaround. And thanks Andrew for confirming that it works.