Getting “Object is read only” error when setting ClientCredentials in WCF

Question

I have a proxy object generated by Visual Studio (client side) named ServerClient. I am attempting to set ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName/Password before opening up a new co

Answer 1

It appears that you can only access these properties pretty early in the instanciation cycle. If I override the constructor in the proxy class (ServerClient), I'm able to set these properties:

base.ClientCredentials.UserName.UserName = "Sample";

I'm beginning to appreciate the people who suggest not using the automatically built proxies provided by VS.