Compact Framework - Invalid URI: Hostname could not be parsed.

Question

I'm writing a compact framework 3.5 application for a windows mobile device. In this application I'm consuming a web service in order to sync with our database. However, whenever I try to make a call to the web service from the device or the emulator, I get the following error: Invalid URI: Hostname could not be parsed. I'm connected to the network via R-NDIS. The service is running on my development machine right now, and I'm actually able to browse to the asmx page through pocket IE. What am I missing?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You might not be picking up the proxy server IE is using, or pocket IE might be displaying a cached version of the ASMX page (and thus not really able to access it either). Probably neither one of these is your problem, however.

Update: try putting this in your application's config file:

<configuration>
  <system.net>
    <defaultProxy>
      <proxy autoDetect="true" />
    </defaultProxy>
  </system.net>
</configuration>