How do I extend the client's timeout on making a .NET web service post?

Question

I am making a post from a .NET console app to a .NET web service. I know that the timeout on the server side is 20 min, but if my client takes more than 100 seconds to post my data to that service then I get a timeout exception. How would I tell my client to wait the available 20 min to timeout?

Answer 1

on the client side, your webservice object has a timeout value. It should be pretty easy to set by going:

myServiceInstance.Timeout = 1200000

for 20 minutes

Answer 2

Yup the ServiceInstance.Timeout is the property to set.

I blogged about it here http://stackpanel.com/blog/2008/10/client-timeout-accessing-asmx-web-service/

Answer 3

You need to verify that <httpRuntime executionTimeout="1200"/> exists in the web.config on the webservice itself to confirm your 20 minutes.

The service proxy class instance in your console app also needs to be set. There is a Timeout property to set (in milliseconds) so you would do something like this:

MyServiceClass myService = new MyServiceClass(); myService.Timeout = 1200000;