Question

Im trying to make a webservice in ASP.NET and get the data in a Smart Device Application.

I have the standard HelloWorld webservice and i wanna get the data in my application, but when i try to add a web reference to my project, Visual Studio can’t find any webservices running. If i start the WebService in the WebService project and copy/paste the url to the “Add WebReference” in the Application project, Visual Studio finds the Webservice and i can use the InttilSence to find the HelloWorld Method (WebServiceClass.HelloWorld()) in the WebService. But when i then run the Application project the complier gives an error saying that it can’t connect to the WebService.

How do i do this? How do i access a webservice in an Application project? Every tutorial or book i have read about the subject doesn’t tell anything about how the webservice should i run. In my world the webservice project should be running before i can access it from another project or am i wrong?

Answer 1

Consider reading Rick Strahl’s Creating Web Services with .NET and Visual Studio.

From there, you’ll get the basics. You can build and deploy your XML SOAP web service.

Then you’ll need to have your application use that web service as a ‘Web Reference’. Start by "Add Web Reference".

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