Hi Cristian, You are right, the <soap:address location> element must be the problem. Somehow I suspected this all along because what I was given is just a server name and a port:
http://dap3.dot.ca.gov:18080 I believe that the web service should have an entry point that is a file, just like the "EmailValidation.asmx" file in your example below. If I point my browser to the above URL, I get nothing (an unreachable address). I was confused a little bit by XML Spy, since that doesn't return an error but an actual SOAP response. As I look at it, I believe it just creates a generic response where every field has a default value. I can add a web reference to your web service, so I guess there is nothing wrong with my Visual Studio IDE. I think I need to get back to the developer of the web service and ask him about the full access point for his web service. Thanks for your suggestion, Eddie -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cristian Sturek Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:44 PM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to connect to the remote server" exception Hey Eddie, Please check the WSDL you added the reference from. When you look at the WSDL, at the bottom there is a <port> element and within that a <soap:address> element that lists the Access Point location. Is that by any chance set to LOCALHOST or an unreachable address? For example, in the WSDL for the XWebEmailValidation Web Service (http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebEmailValidation/V2/XWebEmailValidation.wsdl) the Access Point in the <soap:address> is a URI that you should be able to hit with anything: http://ws.xwebservices.com/XWebEmailValidation/V2/EmailValidation.asmx. If you get the error when adding a reference off the WSDL above, let me know. It's probably something else, like a firewall that is blocking POSTs to the Access Point location. Cristian Sturek Principal SOA Architect http://www.xwebservices.com http://www.soahub.com -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddie Lascu Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:01 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to connect to the remote server" exception I have this Web Service that was made available on the Internet. Using its WSDL file I created a Web Reference in my VS.NET 2005 project. The problem is that every time I try to invoke any of its web methods I get the same exception: "Unable to connect to the remote server!". Hitting the same ws with XML Spy returns the expected SOAP responses so I am thinking that I have something wrong in my IDE. Can anyone make a suggestion where to look and what else to try? Any suggestion will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Eddie =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorR http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
