Thanks a ton Joe. I'll give that a shot, it sounds promising. I don't know why I didn't think of that, lol.
Thanks to Cerebrus too for the alternative method of calling web services using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse. Will those methods work asynchronously though? Thanks again, Cale On Sep 10, 10:52 am, Joe Enos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In my implementation, I use a WSDL-generated codefile as a base class, > named MyService_Base. In its constructor, it has the following line, > representing wherever it pulled the info from: > this.Url = "http://www.url.com/servicename.asmx";; > > I then have a non-auto-generated codefile with class named MyService, > that derives from MyService_Base. In this class, I have a new > constructor that sets the Url property to whatever's in my config > file. I use this class to compile and run against. This same > technique can be used, with a new constructor that accepts the service > URL as a string at runtime. > > As long as your class derives from SoapHttpClientProtocol and have all > of your logic there, you should be able to manipulate the Url, method > names, and event handlers all at runtime. > > On Sep 9, 11:53 pm, Cerebrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Joe... I wasn't aware of this... can you elaborate upon how the URL of > > a webservice instance (using the Proxy class method) can be > > dynamically changed during Runtime? > > > On Sep 10, 11:45 am, Joe Enos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If I understand your issue, you just want to call a web service method > > > without pre-compiling the signatures for the methods. This shouldn't > > > be a problem. If you take a look at the auto-generated code after > > > running WSDL on a sample service, you'll see what a request actually > > > does - just calls things like: > > > return this.BeginInvoke("MyMethodName",, new object[] {...) > > > and other methods for each method in the web service. You should be > > > able to set the Url property at runtime, and call the appropriate > > > methods yourself, just by passing in the method name and parameters. > > > > On Sep 9, 1:46 pm, Cale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello group, > > > > > I've been digging around Google and the rest of the Internet for the > > > > last few days trying to figure out how to consume a web service > > > > without using a proxy class. Everything that turns up uses some type > > > > of proxy class and that won't work for me... mainly because I won't > > > > know the endpoints or web services to consume until later during > > > > runtime. > > > > > I've been porting some Java code related to web services recently. In > > > > the Java code there's calls into Apache Axis to get the job done (for > > > > both providing and consuming). Is there anything similar to that > > > > in .NET? Or Is there at least some type of SOAP client class I can use > > > > to create and send a request in .NET? > > > > > Perhaps I should focus my searches on SOAP instead of "Web services"? > > > > > Thanks in advance.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://cm.megasolutions.net/forums/default.aspx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
