Question

I’m working with a website that has an asmx service with methods decorated like so:

        [WebMethod(Description = "Search Method for items of type Foo.")]
        [XmlInclude(typeof(SearchResults))]
        public SearchResults[] FooSearch(//.....

There is another VS project that has a service reference to this asmx service. It also has a file named ‘Reference.cs’ in it with a boilerplate statement at the top that states it is an auto-generated file, etc. It has interface and partial class definitions like this:

        [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Xml", "4.0.30319.1")]
        [System.SerializableAttribute()]
        [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
        [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
        public partial class MyClass: UserAuthentication {

I now need to update the asmx service and add a few new methods. When I’m done, how can I convey these changes to the other project? Is it a matter of removing and re-adding the service reference, or do I need to run the asmx’s code-behind file through a wsdl compiler of some sort, and add the resulting file(s) to the project? I’ve never done this before so any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Is it a matter of removing and re-adding the service reference

That’s the simplest way to do it for sure.