Question

I’m simply attempting to use a soap header for authentication purposes.

After adding a service reference to a client console application, the header shows as the first parameter in list instead of as a member on the client object.

Anyone have any idea what I’m doing wrong?

WebService:

public class Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
    public CustomSoapHeader MyHeader;

    [WebMethod]
    [SoapHeader("MyHeader")]
    public string HelloWorld()
    {
        return "Hello World";
    }

    public class CustomSoapHeader : SoapHeader
    {
        public string SomeProperty { get; set; }
    }
}

Client:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Service1SoapClient client = new Service1SoapClient();
        client.HelloWorld(new CustomSoapHeader());
    }
}

Answer 1

If by “Service Reference” you mean a WCF client, then the problem is that the server isn’t a WCF server. If you add the reference as a “Web Reference” then the header should appear as a member of the client proxy class.