"smith" wrote:
> A web service is a collection of functions made available over http. Think
> of them as dll libraries that don't exist on your machine but can be used
> like most any other libraries.
>
> You can access these libraries of functions with an application made with
> asp, asp.net, c#, VB6 (the SOAP Toolkit for VB6 was available over a year
> before .Net came out), VB.Net, Flash MX, FlashMX2004, etc etc etc.
>
> You can access them with applications that run in a browser but the whole
> point of them is that they can be accesed by most any type of gui
> application or by "headless" services so long as the box that runs the
> application is networked.
>
> You can make them using nothing more than notepad, or with a tool such as
> Visual Studio.
>
> Pretty much you can get the gist in your head by visiting a bookstore and
> grabbing any beginner's book on .Net and looking in the index for "Web
> Services". After glancing through a few different books and reading for a
> few minutes the "light bulb will turn on" for you.
>
> robert smith
> kirkland, wa
>
www.smithvoice.com >
>
> "Simn" <Simn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C6A523C4-F071-44A2-A972-D2ECBC363C75@microsoft.com...
> > ...please don't shoot me down in flames on this.. but I'm trying to find
> > out
> > what exactly a web service is and if it is possible to
> > convert/migrate/upgrade a VB6 project to one. My impression is that a web
> > service is an executable running on a web server which is accessed via a
> > browser.
> > Have tried looking through MS web but am still befuddled!
> > I would be grateful for any suggestions, pointers or references.
> > Cheers,
> > Simon.
>
>
