Can't access a Java web service using VBScript with mssoapinit(address of wsdl)

Question

I have a web service in Java that takes and returns a string. It works with both Java and C# clients by creating a proxy class.

I cant get it to work wit VBScript though. I have read everywhere about others using code like the following:

Set client = CreateObject("MSSOAP.SOAPClient") client.mssoapinit("http://localhost:8080/WebService/LoggingService?wsdl")

but when I try this is get the following error from the second line..

WSDLReader:Loading of the WSDL file failed HRESULT=0x80070057 - WSDLReader:XML Parser failed at linenumber 0, lineposition 0, reason is: System error: -2146697209. HRESULT=0x1

The WSDL must be valid as I can display it in a browser and it is working with the Java and C# clients.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Using .NET is not an option for this example.