Question

I’m trying to find a way to read in a WSDL file (I will not have the source of the service) that requires a custom type as input.
I am currently trying to test with this file http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx?WSDL

So in this I am dynamically calling the ConversionRate method. I input two strings for the “ToCurrency” and “FromCurrency” fields needed and then I use String.Format and create a class named the same as the expected one “Currency” in this case and I’ve made the to/from currency as public strings in the class I create and set them to the two input strings I gave in the beginning. When I try to invoke the service this way I get an error like cannot convert type Currency to Currency.

I assume this is because the class I’ve created is not the same as the one implemented in the code for the service I’m calling.

My question is this, can I create a class of the appropriate type to successfully pass in and invoke the method using only the data I get from the WSDL file?

Answer 1

Use Microsoft’s wsdl.exe link.

wsdl.exe http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx?wsdl

The tool can be found in your Microsoft SDK folder under program files. If all you want is to consume the web service, then Jen’s suggestion is best imho.