Adding web reference is not generating the expected reference.cs file. Absent functions.

Question

I'm working with an old windows app in visual studio 2005. A webserviced referenced in the original app has 2 functions and when i peak inside the auto-generated reference.cs file I notice a couple of other functions to allow async calls have been geenrated i.e. BeginWhateverFunctionNameIsCalled and EndWhateverFunctionNameIsCalled.

My problem is that I've created a new windows app and added the same web references but the Begin and End functions are not generated in my reference.cs proxy class. Anyone know whats going on?

Answer 1

First step would be to check wsdl file returned by web service if those methods are still available on the server.

Answer 2

It is VS2005, and isn't generating the async methods. OK; is it .NET 2.0 or .NET 3.0 (via the VS2005/WCF add-on)?. It looks like "wsdl.exe" (the original) will generate "FooAsync" methods, but WCF ("scvutil.exe") may generate the "BeginFoo" pattern. You might also look to see if you have used WSE*, for example, "wsewsdl2.exe" or "wsewsdl3.exe".

My bets would be of the WCF version. Note also that different frameworks (Silverlight etc) have their own proxy generation classes.