Steven Cheng[MSFT] wrote:
> Hi Cj,
>
> Yes, if you're working with heterogenious platform and standard XML
> webservice, I think you'd prefer dedicated webservice approach. WCF support
> XML webservice since it is one of its supported channel. While WCF itself
> is designed as a unified communication framework on windows platform.
>
> When consuming XML webservice, WCF has to convert data into xml format
> underlyingly and that will quite lose its advantage when working with the
> same .net based client or server(which can accept the binary format data).
> That's why I think for standard webservice only, I would probably not need
> WCF.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Steven Cheng
>
> Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
>
>
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>
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> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:28:07 -0500
> From: cj <cj@nospam.nospam>
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> Subject: Re: WCF vs. Web Service
>
>
> Thanks, I think the web service I'm consuming is Java but I'm not sure.
> I know it isn't .net.
>
> So I guess even with WCF now available, XML web services will remain a
> widely used standard. Would you agree?
>
>
>
> Steven Cheng[MSFT] wrote:
>> Hi Cj,
>>
>> Yes, you can generate WCF client proxy to consume an XML webservice as
> WCF
>> provide http/soap based transport channel that is compatible to xml
>> webservice. However, I still suggest you keep using webservice proxy as
>> long as you do not require those particular features of WCF. WCF provides
>> much more features than webservice, however, most of which are not of XML
>> webservice standard, In case you will need to interop to a non-.NET
>> platform webservice, those .NET specific setting will not quite work.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Steven Cheng
>>
>> Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
>>
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>>
>>
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>> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.webservices
>> Subject: Re: WCF vs. Web Service
>> From: Spam Catcher <spamhoneypot@rogers.com>
>> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:57:33 GMT
>>
>>
>> cj <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in news:#GdG8m4YIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
>>
>>> Can I access a web service with a WCF client?
>>
>> Yes. Just add a *service* reference in VS.NET 2005/2008.
>>
>>
>>