Question

OK I am brand new to .asmx creation and I am having a hell of a time figuring out to send a URL to .asmx file. The .asmx file is expecting to receive a parameter named givenURL.

The paremeter givenURL needs to be sent from Windows Forms.

I need to know how I go about doing this? Do I use SOAP or can I just send it using VB? I’ve been playing with this for 2 days now and it is really starting to get to me! Thanks in advance. Any help is appreciated.

<WebMethod(Description:="Creates PDF Using URL")> _
Public Function CreatePDF(ByVal givenURL As String) As Byte
    Dim theDoc As New Doc
    Dim theID = theDoc.AddImageUrl(givenURL, True, 0, True)

    Do While True
        theDoc.FrameRect()
        If Not theDoc.Chainable(theID) Then
            Exit Do
        End If

        theDoc.Page = theDoc.AddPage()
        theID = theDoc.AddImageToChain(theID)
    Loop
    theDoc.SaveOptions.Linearize = True

    Dim theData As Byte() = theDoc.GetData()

    Return theData(0)

End Function

Answer 1

You will need to create a reference to your web service in your Windows forms application.

When you reference the web service, Visual Studio will generate a proxy class, abstracting away the complexity involved in generating the SOAP messages and enabling you to deal purely with the proxy object whilst communicating with your web service.

See: Create Simple Web Service in Visual Studio 2008 / 2010