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ASP.NET- using System.IO.File.Delete() to delete file(s) from directory inside wwwroot?

I have a ASP.NET SOAP web service whose web method creates a PDF file, writes it to the "Download" directory of the applicaton, and returns the URL to the user. Code: //Create the map images (MapPrinter) and insert them on the PDF (PagePrinter). MemoryStream mstream = null; FileStream fs = null; try { //Create the memorystream stor...

Any compelling reason to stay on WCF?

I've been trying to create a stable web service application for the last 2-3 months. about 2 months ago I made the choice to move over to WCF to take advantage of the single instanced web services. Since making that move I've had some real headaches deploying to IIS 6 scenarios. Unfortunately because most real clients still use Windows...

App.Config ASMX issue

I have an app.Config that was created on the dev machine running Windows 7. It created the following asmx related configuration section: <applicationSettings> <ISDS_Scheduler.Properties.Settings> <setting name="Scheduler_WSDownloads_Downloads" serializeAs="String"> <value>[address]/Downloads.asmx</value> </se...

asmx web service in IIS: Any way to attach to process and get live feedback?

I am wondering if there is a tool that can be used to attached to the a single threaded asmx service call hosted in IIS, and return feedback based on the current actions the service is taking. I know I can setup tracing, and then monitor the trace, but I am looking for a more dynamic way to do this. Thanks in advance ...

How to ensure an asmx web service only gets called once at a time?

I have an asmx web service that should only be allowed to respond to 1 client at once. In otherwords if the service is getting called by client A, and server B calls, I would like B to pend until A is finished then B can get serviced. If this is too complicated then at bare minimum calls from B should fail with a user defined error d...

Why does Sharepoint 2010 Web Reference work, but Service Reference does not

Sharepoint is setup to use NTLM authentication. When I reference http://myserver/Sites/Ops/_vti_bin/Lists.asmx?WSDL as a Web Reference, I can call the methods and get valid responses. When I reference the same url as a Service Reference, the server throws an exception when calling methods. My account is admin on the Sharepoint Farm. ...

ASMX: What should tempuri.org be replaced with?

Every new web service you create using visual studio comes with a predefined namespace like this: [WebService(Namespace = "http://tempuri.org/")] My web service will run at different clients, and on different domains, so because of this I don't know the domain upfront during development, also I don't want to have to edit this file, ea...

defining asmx webservice class objects as static

Hi, is it better to declare Webservice class object instances as static as the .asmx webservice classes have only static methods. what i want is that i declare and instantiate webservice asmx class as static in aspx Page Behind Class. and on every event call on that page i could perform operation against webservice methods. is it ben...

Possible to flush results back through an asmx web service?

I have an asmx web service that performs 5 tasks. It is at all possible to send back a result during the call, so that when 1 task completes, even though the web service is still running, the client can get some results back before the whole web service method completes all its work? Thanks ...

What is causing this 403 error with my webservice?

I'm wondering whether I'm recieving the 403 errors because there are too many attempted connections being made to the webservice? If this is the case how do I get around it. I've tried creating a new instance of InternalWebService each time and disposing of the old one but I get the same problem. I've disabled the firewall and the webser...

Webservice returning 403 error

I'm wondering whether I'm receiving the 403 errors because there are too many attempted connections being made to the webservice. If this is the case how do I get around it? I've tried creating a new instance of InternalWebService each time and disposing of the old one but I get the same problem. I've disabled the firewall and the webser...

how to exclude a Web Reference from Code Coverage in VS 2008 Team System

When I run my MSTest tests in Visual Studio 2008 Team System and get code coverage results, I always see a particular web service included. I don't care how well this web service is tested, I'm intentionally only using a small part of it. How can I exclude the Web Reference from showing up in my Code Coverage results? I see that someo...

Webservice complex types and class inheritance

Using the following Webservice definition using aClientArgs as a complex type: [System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService] public class Controller : System.Web.Services.WebService { [WebMethod] public void save_client(aClientArgs client) { // Save client data } } Then defining aClientArgs as a sub-class: pub...

webservice request issue with dynamic request inputs

try { const string siteURL = "http://ops.epo.org/2.6.1/soap-services/document-retrieval"; const string docRequest = "<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xsd='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'&gt;&lt;soap:Body&gt;&lt;document-retrieval id...

Invoke other webmethod with SoapExtension

I've a WSDL defining a web service named CalendarService: <soap:address location="http://example.com/calendar"/&gt; The WSDL defines following methods: String setDate(String date) int setTime(int time) CalendarService is not deployed anywhere. CalendarServiceProxy is a proxy generated from CalendarService WSDL. I've a web servic...

Configuring ASMX Web Service End Points - web.config

I have set up references to 2 web services in a separate assembly TestProj.Core. I reference this Project in a Web Application Project called TestProj.Web. When I setup the references in TestProj.Core the wizard gave me an app.config and through an application settings section into it. How do I get these settings to my web app? Copy an...

Read response from an ASMX web service back to objects from disk.

We have an ASP.Net web service which receives an XML file to a PDA and maps it to objects (a standard .Net web method). Is there an easy method of after saving this XML response to disk, having it read back into the same object structure it was in before? The PDA application automatically does this after receiving the data back from the...

If WCF is the future why do searches for "web services" still point to ASMX?

I am needing to create a web service, so the first thing I did of course was go to google If you look in those results, you'll see nothing but things about ASMX, which apparently is dubbed legacy technology to be replaced by WCF. Why is it that ASMX is still so vastly popular compared to WCF? (of course, on SO WCF is way more popular.. ...

How can I access an ASP.Net 2.0 web service using VB Script?

I'm trying to find a way to access a web service from a VB Script .vbs file running under wscript.exe. I pulled some sample code from Microsoft and modified it to use the SOAP 3.0 toolkit but it gives me an error. Dim SOAPClient Set SOAPClient = createobject("MSSOAP.SOAPClient30") SOAPClient.mssoapinit("https://www.domain.com/Folder/Se...

difference between soap web service and webservice

i saw that in asp.net .asmx file, we create webservices [webmethod] //method definition here now for soap webservice [webmethod] [SoapHeader(some parameters here)] //method defination here my question is what's the difference between both webservices type and how to choose which service type to choose ...