Eric You will not that running their demo http://www.webservicex.net/TranslateService.asmx/Translate?LanguageMode=Germ an&Text=Hello causes The page cannot be displayed There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please try the following: a.. Open the www.webservicex.net home page, and then look for links to the information you want. b.. Click the Refresh button, or try again later. c.. Click Search to look for information on the Internet. d.. You can also see a list of related sites. HTTP 500 - Internal server error Internet Explorer So my suggestion is that their site at least the Translate SOAP Server is not yet operational Why dont you code the SOAP Server yourself ? What application / features do you desire? A great way for you to learn SOAP is to code the SOAP Server and the Client Regards, Martin Gainty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 12:33 PM Subject: Re: My java client always returns (null) Hi again, and thanks very much for your help! I took another tack. Because I know I'm getting a response from the server, I tried to compare what I'm sending with what their website says the service expects. I ran a http port sniffer and its like this: What I'm sending: POST / HTTP/1.0 Host: localhost:81 Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: 528 SOAPAction: "http://www.webservicex.net/Translate" <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <ns1:Translate xmlns:ns1="http://www.webservicex.net/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> <LanguageMode xsi:type="xsd:string">EnglishTOFrench</LanguageMode> <Text xsi:type="xsd:string">Hello</Text> </ns1:Translate> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> What the service expects: POST /TranslateService.asmx HTTP/1.1 Host: www.webservicex.net Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Content-Length: length SOAPAction: "http://www.webservicex.net/Translate" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"> <soap:Body> <Translate xmlns="http://www.webservicex.net/"> <LanguageMode>EnglishTOChinese or EnglishTOFrench or EnglishTOGerman or EnglishTOItalian or EnglishTOJapanese or EnglishTOKorean or EnglishTOPortuguese or EnglishTOSpanish or ChineseTOEnglish or FrenchTOEnglish or FrenchTOGerman or GermanTOEnglish or GermanTOFrench or ItalianTOEnglish or JapaneseTOEnglish or KoreanTOEnglish or PortugueseTOEnglish or RussianTOEnglish or SpanishTOEnglish</LanguageMode> <Text>string</Text> </Translate> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> Does anything jump out here?