Is it possible to call a web service from an inline code block in ASP.NET without adding a web reference? If so, can you provide instructions?
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Is it possible to call a web service from an inline code block in ASP.NET without adding a web reference? If so, can you provide instructions?
Add a web reference in a another C# project (e.g. console application). Then switch to “show all files”. You’ll find a hidden .cs file that contains the actual web service proxy that was created for you. (There’s also a commandline tool that does the same thing, but I forgot the name)
You can copy the generated class to your .aspx into a
<script runat="server">block.Although I don’t know what you would actually need that for 😉 Don’t you have access to the source code of the web app?
Another solution is to create a .NET dll for the web proxy, then load this assembly dynamically using
Assembly.Load(). Invoking methods dynamically is not pretty though.