Hello, I currently have a windows service that I am considering changing into a web service. The windows service is used to communicate with another server on the same network. Can anyone please tell me the advantages of moving over to a web service? I can see how a web service is easier ...more >>

I have created a soap extension to globally handle errors in my webservice. For some reason the extension is not executing. What is wrong? Here is my web.config entry to wire the extension to the service: <webServices> <soapExtensionTypes> <add type="EDS.RemedyServices.SoapExtensions...more >>

Anyone here has a list of web services providers in spanish?? I've tried looking at the UDDI from microsoft but can't find anything thanks for your help....more >>

Hi We have an ASP.NET webservice hosted on a server. We have also developed a windows forms application which calls methods in this webservice using the webservice proxy created using WSDL The windows forms application is a program executable which is installed in various environments. This is wo...more >>

Hi all, I made a web service from a mobile device connected via USB to my desktop computer. The web service generates a wav file from a text using SAPI 5.1. When I call the .Speak function on the service the System.UnauthorizedAccessException exception is thrown. The webservice is running...more >>

I've created a web service in C# and need to call it from unmanaged code (C++). I've imported the web reference into my C++ project, all is OK. I can generate (using sproxy) the file service.h and all works great. Now, I need to change the URL at runtime. When I create my service, I do not se...more >>

Dear all, I am using ASP.net page for my application. I want to update the part information on this page at regular interval. But under standard way of refresh(using META) i see flicker occuring. Is there any mechanism to avoid the flickers other then Webservice behaviour??? Any code samples w...more >>

i am making a library that is used by desktop apps, services , asp.net pages and webservices.. i need to be able to access files in the directory that the webservice is (the same place where the said library gets copied) but for the webservice the current directory gets returned as the system32...more >>

Hello, I'd really appreciate some help with this problem: I have a web service on two different web servers (web server A and Web Server B) and I have to call the web service on both web servers A and B in my application. I created a web reference in my app to web server A and then create the...more >>

Hi, I have notice some file with extension *.ascx Could someone tell me more about it. I am currently got a fully done web project, but the files with extension *.aspx Is there any way to compile such file to *.ascx. Or perhaps someone could tell me how to create *.ascx some useful referen...more >>

I was wondering if anyone knows how to dynamically create a schema from an instance of an object. I need to be able to do what ASP.NET does when it encounters an XmlIncludeAttribute or SoapIncludeAttribute on a Web Service. In addition, I would like to be able to insert that schema in the WSDL. ...more >>

I am getting this error while using GetHostbyName. (11004) The requested name is valid and was found in the database, but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for. How can I deal with this. I know the domain exists. Thanks ...more >>

I wonder if there's any way to prevent my WebService's page from being shown (e.g. by browsing it from the IIS console). All I need is that my application (WebService's client) will be able to invoke its webmethods, but in the same time I would like to prevent anyone's seeing the API provided by...more >>

Hi: I had written a web service, it only return a boolen value. But now I don't know how the web service can do . For example what the web service use for?? Can anyone give me some sample or source code? thank you! Jet ...more >>

I have a class which derives from NameObjectCollectionBase (let's say FooCollection contains Foo objects). I need to use this class in a Web Service, however when I import the service I get Foo[] as the type instead of FooCollection. This means that I lose all the names and retain only the value...more >>

Does anyone complete this article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnservice/h tml/service11052002.asp ???? Unfortunatle I can't find where I must insert <configuration> <system.web> <webServices> <soapExtensionTypes> <add type="WebS...more >>

Hello folks! I need an advise and help! There is complex Web service based application. When WebClient try to accept call from WebService, it returns with next exception description: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. ---> System.InvalidOpera...more >>

I am trying to update a record in a SQL database through a web service but am getting this error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Items'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'VideoProposalItems'. at System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Update(DataRo...more >>

hi, can someone please explain to me what a web service is, in plain english. i'm reading a book on asp.net and the authors explaination doesn't do, is it just a set of functions a developer can store on a web server and have it called by a web application or software application?...more >>

In Enterpricse Solution Patterns (version 2.0) authors describe the situation when you need a statefull service (p.196). "...you want to call the remote object to retrieve some data, that you can access it in subsequent calls". This situation may occure if the data set is huge, but you only need a s...more >>

Hi! I want to generate a stub using wsdl.exe from a wsdl-file created by XmlSpy. XmlSpy claims that the mentioned wsdl-file ist correct and I was not table to find any problem within the file when I reat the xml-source. But using wsdl.exe with this wsdl-file I get the following error: --...more >>

I want to pass my own object from the web service to the client. let us say message is my class and i want to pass this to the client so that client application can use it how can i achieve this using web services. also will i need XML.Serialization to do that. Please help Amit ...more >>

I made a web service which comminicates with a smartphone. On the server the web service writes some files, and the client should download them. But the files the webservice wrote have no read/write rights, so the client is denied to download them. How can I add read authority to a file I crea...more >>

Hi all, I have a webservice with 3 methods each takes 3 secs to execute. Now since the 3 methods are not dependent on each other i decided to call them asynchronously .And iam using Waitahandle, since after the 3 web svc methods are the complted the results are used by another method. Now...more >>

Hello all, I have an ASP.NET C# application that uses the WebClient class to retrieve a report that's converted to PDF. The URL passed to the WebClient object gets the PDF stream. It works great except for some reports that exceed a timeout value of some type. I've been unable to figure o...more >>

hi, I'm using the Scott Short's Extended Schema Framework (an article about it was published on MSDN Magazine in December 2002) in order to import external schemas into my wsdl. It should allow to add an attribute onto a webmethod parameter which identifies a xsd schema to associate with the ...more >>

I need to make my web service interface support something so the soap-request is something like this: <SSNs> <SSN /> <SSN /> </SSNs> about the only way I could figure to do this is like by having that parameter defined as: public void Test(SSN[] SSNs) where SSN is a struct o...more >>

I have problems when using ASP.NET to read and write files on tablet PC. My project is to convert the Microsoft default TTS into a web service. When I linked to the SpeechLib.dll, and I try to do Voice.Speak(...), the error is always "Access is denied". Some on the web has suggested the pro...more >>

Hi, how to run an external application (es. notepad) from web service? Many thanks. Steve. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ------------------------...more >>

Can I pass custom datatypes as arguments for a WebMethod? Like I have a object defined on the client side that I would like to pass as argument when calling a WebMethod. I also have the object definition on the Webservice class.. or I have "using" statement include the appropriate namespace havin...more >>

All the documentation I can find shows only two ways of adding a SoapExtension to a web service 1. Uses the config files 2. Use a SoapExtensionAttribute and decorate the methods Is there any way of adding the extension to the system, like you can with the config files, but using an API from...more >>

I have an XML web service that can be customized by customers. The goal is this... A process must run *somewhere* that acts as an interface between the web service and some foreign system. Whatever that foreign system is doesn't matter. It can be anything. The process could run on the same se...more >>

Hi, I have a Web Service running in Tomcat/Websphere using JWSDP1.3/WSDK_v51, i 's using document/literal style. The return of the method is an SOAPElement, now when I generate the proxy c asses using .NET framework in VB, it's still trying to deserialize the xml ocument to the schema specif...more >>

How do I configure Win 2003 so that my web service can open a database I have already "Sandboxed" all of my OLEDB data access ( to an MDB file ) into a signed assembly and put it in the GAC What setting do I have to make in IISADMIN to enable web services What NTFS permissions do I need to set ...more >>

I have a webservice that I want to call from a web app asynchronously, but not wait around for a result. Basically I want to fire it off and then forget about it. I have figured out the asynchronous call all right, but when the client browser window is closed it sends an HTTP abort and kills t...more >>

I've mastered the HelloWorld web service, but having trouble with my real one. :-) I am trying to pass a class to a web service, but it doesn't seem to work. I have set up a small VB example to illustrate my problem. ================================== Here is my example class: Public Cl...more >>

I understand that ASP.NET is required for Sharepoint Version 2.0 running under Windows Server 2003. Is it necessary to purchase this software, or is it included with Windows Server 2003? Thanks, Keith ...more >>

Hello you all ! I've created a web service and an active X referencing and calling this web service. All is correct when I work with Visual studio (localhost), but I have a problem deploying it : How can I specify the server name at runtime ? I'd like to replace localhost with the correct s...more >>

Thanks to bad karma i have been landed converting a Soap Tool Kit 3 application to .net webservices. (As STK doesn't seem to work with ISA server for proxy authentication properly.) Part of the system does a post currentl ---- Dim objHTTP As MSXML2.XMLHTTP3 objHTTP = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP3 Dim o...more >>

Hello I have a simple situation where my web service wants to connect to a database, but I need to set the security settings so it can. I have tried giving IWAM and IUSR Read/Write access to the database folder, which works fine on Win2000 but not on Win2003. I really would rather not have to do...more >>

Hi, How I can create COM object with predefined credentials ? Actually I have following problem, I should create COM object from my .Net WebService, this COM object should have right to some folders, but unfortunately given COM implement apartment model and impersonation doesn't help. Ma...more >>

Hello All, I am looking for guidance on this issue. I am certain it is not new, but I haven't been able to find a solution that seems to fit right, so any leads to resources or other information would be greatly appreciated. If you have a class object, exposed by a remoting service, that ...more >>

Hi, I have a ASP.NET application with two frames (both are ASPX pages). Once my app starts running, Session_Start fires in global.asax, like it should. When I press a button within the top frame, it displays a chart (OWC) in the bottom frame. I am storing info in session variables in the to...more >>

I want to give my customers the option of connecting to my service via both SOAP and HTTP GET protocols. Whan I add a reference to my service in VS.NET 2003, I get a class that unherits from SoapHttpClientProtocol by default. In the docs I see that there is also that there is a HttpGetClientProt...more >>

We are looking to build a system where the admin portion of the system will be ASP.NET based residing on a central server and the field service portion of the system will be WinForms based. The field service personal will be running the WinForms app on their laptop to collect data. After collec...more >>

Dear all, I want to refresh some portion of the ASP.net page at regular interval. I want to make use of the webservice behaviour for smooth refresh of my page. Can some buddy guide me how can i implement this in ASP.net page?? Is there any code samples available?? Your quick response is hig...more >>

I have a web service that receives SOAP mesage with header, make the changes to the SOAP header and sends back a response with the modified header webservice: [webmethod] [SOAPHeader("header")] public response method1(request) { .... ... header.sessionId="new changed ID" return resp...more >>

I have created a web reference from a wsdl document. Now I need to access the class and its methods but do not seem to be able to browse it to find its namespace name, class name and methods. How do I do this? Thanks Earl ...more >>

Hi My application requires the use of strongly typed collections. This means I need the semantics of an ArrayList which supports members like Add, Item, Remove, Count etc - but returns a strongly typed object reference instead of System.Object Therefore, I have implemented two classes - the foo...more >>

There are two virtual web sites in one IIS server (same IP). Are there any way for a web service determine which app is asking for data? The reason I want to do so is that I have a web service that will return some permission information. And I have two set of data (one for production, one...more >>