I had attempted to add a section to the web.config but was copy and pasting in the dark. I'm a novice at this so I do not know how to configure these things properly. I was able to get it working by creating a web reference instead of a service reference. Thanks for your sample, I will try it out with WCF again when time allows.

 <system.serviceModel>
    <bindings>
      <basicHttpBinding>
        <binding name="Binding1"
                 maxReceivedMessageSize = "10000000">
          <security mode="None" />
        </binding>
      </basicHttpBinding>
    </bindings>
  </system.serviceModel>-->

>>I am getting an error message when attempting to download a file via a web service.
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>>In my client app I have a Service reference a configuration.svcinfo and a configuration91.svcinfo. I added the property in first and changed its value in the 91 file.
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>>Neither had any effect. How/where do I set the MaxReceivedMessageSize property? How would I determine the "appropriate binding element"?
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>You need to add this to your web.config file. I think the .svcinfo files are just used by VS, not really WCF. Do you have a <system.serviceModel> section in the web config?
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>The entries would end up looking like:
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>

><system.serviceModel>
>    <bindings>
>      <wsHttpBinding>
>        <binding name="NameOfMyBinding" maxReceivedMessageSize="8192000">
>        </binding>
>      </wsHttpBinding>
>    </bindings>
>    <services>
>      <service behaviorConfiguration="ServiceTypeBehaviors" name="MyServiceBehavior">
>        <endpoint address="" binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="NameOfMyBinding"
>          contract="IContractName" />
>      </service>
>    </services>
>

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>>The maximum message size quota for incoming messages (65536) has been exceeded. To increase the quota, use the MaxReceivedMessageSize property on the appropriate binding element.