This will happen when wsdl creates a proxy for you, some of the options include setting uids and pwds.
John Warner > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:ADVANCED- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddie Lascu > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:38 PM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to > connect to the remote server" exception > > Incidentally, do you know what is the equivalent in .NET of setting the user > name and the password among the properties of the request? My web service > class is inherited from SoapHttpClientProtocol and I don't see it having a > request method or property that would allow me to set these two parameters. > The only thing that remotely looks like that is the Credentials property of > the SoapHttpClientProtocol class. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Eddie Lascu > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:33 PM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to > connect > to the remote server" exception > > > Hi John, > > It's a long story. The guy who developed the ws is no longer under the > payroll of the client and because of that I am not allowed to contact him > (they are afraid that the developer will start billing the time spent with > me). On the other hand, the client doesn't have any other technical person > to look after the web service and they claim that everything is up and > running from their perspective. Now it's my job to piece things together > without much assistance from the other end. > > Anyway, I made some progress. Not being too familiar with the soapUI tool (I > just installed it today) I didn't notice that fact that I can set the user > name and the password among the request properties. Once I have done that, > the response was no longer missing. Now I get this response: > > <SOAP-ENV:Body> > <SOAP-ENV:Fault> > <faultcode>SOAP-ENV:Client</faultcode> > <faultstring>Validation constraint violation: data type mismatch > in element <dms-sign-type></faultstring> > </SOAP-ENV:Fault> > </SOAP-ENV:Body> > > I wonder whether this is generated by the server (for Cristian - you were > right, the web service was developed in Java and is hosted by a gSOAP/2.7 > server) or there is something wrong with my request. > > I'll dig some more. > Thanks, > Eddie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John > Warner > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:05 PM > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to > connect > to the remote server" exception > Importance: Low > > > What do the people on the other side of this have to say? > > John Warner > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:ADVANCED- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eddie Lascu > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:05 PM > > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to > > connect to the remote server" exception > > > > Hi John, > > > > I already installed the soapUI 2.0.2 tool. When I use it to invoke the > web > > method I get no response. I am not prompted to enter the user name and > > password. > > > > Thanks for your suggestion, > > Eddie > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > John > > Warner > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 6:39 PM > > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to > > connect > > to the remote server" exception > > Importance: Low > > > > > > Have a look at this: > > > > > http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en/asmxandxml/thread/5c70e2a2-9f1b-4338- > > b > > 96b-c32403744d2a/ > > > > John Warner > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:ADVANCED- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cristian Sturek > > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 6:30 PM > > > To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM > > > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Web Service generates "Unable to > > > connect to the remote server" exception > > > > > > 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 > > > > =================================== > > 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 > > =================================== > 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 > > =================================== > 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 DevelopMentorĀ® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com