"TTK" wrote:

> It took me sometime to figure out what my issue is but I am still looking for
> help. The issue is not passing an object to a web service because I was able
> to do that easily when the object contains simple datatypes. The issue is to
> pass the arraylist to the web service. It is not allowing me to do that. I
> have the arraylist as an input parameter in the webmethod function. Then I
> instantiate the variable on the client side and populate the arraylist. When
> I call the webmethod function and try to pass the arraylist to it, I get
> <Error 'System.Collections.ArrayList' cannot be converted to '1-dimensional
> array of Object'.> Please give me any help.... this has been taking more than
> 60 hours of research and trying different things. thanks
>
>
> "TTK" wrote:
>
> > Hello, I have been researching this for a long time. I am trying to find out
> > how I can pass an object to a web service. I need details on the code in
> > vb.net if possible. I would like to have the client to send an object
> > "Order" to a web service.
> >
> > Public Class Order
> > Public OrderID As New ArrayList ' array list of integers
> > Public OrderXML As New ArrayList 'array list of string
> > Public LineNumber As New ArrayList 'array list of integer
> > Public Attachment As New ArrayList ' array list of byte
> > End Class
> >
> > the client will populate the array lists and pass it to the web service. I
> > am getting error
> > <Error 1 Value of type 'ClassLibrary1.Module1.Order' cannot be converted to
> > 'ClassLibrary1.Webservice.Order'.>
> >
> > the question is :
> > 1. where do I define this class. in the web service or the client.
> > 2. can somebody gives a full example how the code should look like on the
> > client and the web service in VB.NET. I hear XML seriallized/deserialized,
> > SOAP RPC, XMLInclude..... I am getting lost. Any help will be very appreciated