Eddie, On (1), you are absolutely correct. The reason why you can "see" anything while browsing with IE when hitting any of my Web Services is because of how IIS "interprets" ASMX files out of the box. Apache and the rest are not that friendly. The response you're getting back, however, is correct - if that address is an Access Point (which, BTW, it can definitely be, all I need to do is setup a Web Service under root and make the default page the ASMX file), then GETs are not supported, it's expecting a POST.
Sorry, I can't help out much on (2). It's been a while since I wrote code. Can you find out more about the Web Service? Just my $0.02, it's probably an Access Point created automatically by an ESB. Perhaps the credentials are expected as SOAP Headers, but then the error message would be different. When you browsed with IE, did it prompt you for credentials? 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: Friday, July 11, 2008 11:18 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to connect to the remote server" exception Cristian, Joel et al, I made some progress in that I have tried a few things: - I switched on to the wireless network that bypasses the firewall and now I don't get the "Unable to connect to the remote server" error. Instead I get a new one that says: "The underlying connection was closed: The connection was closed unexpectedly."; - If I point my IE browser to the "http://dap3.dot.ca.gov:18080/"; URL I get some kind of SOAP response that indicates a SOAP-ENV:Client fault with the error string being "HTTP GET method not implemented" (BTW, could this be a valid access point for a web service?); This raises two issues: 1. The IE browser may not be the best tool to look at the web service; 2. My VS2005 connection is closed because I do not provide the user name/password I was given. I tried to write something like this: CredentialCache myCache = new CredentialCache(); myCache.Add(new Uri("http://dap3.dot.ca.gov/";), "Basic", new NetworkCredential("myusername", "mypassword")); objMyWebService.Credentials = myCache; That didn't make any difference. Can you guys comment on my approach? Do you suspect that this is the problem? Obviously, there are some security features implemented in this web service and I don't think I get them right in my code. Your help will be highly appreciated. Thanks, Eddie -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Joel Paula Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 9:25 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to connect to the remote server" exception Eddie, Sometimes the URL in the WSDL for the webservice is not the real one, for security (?!) reasons. You can check it on your app.config or directly in code, accessing its Url property. You can change it using any of the two methods. HTH JP =================================== 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 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
