web service

[Silvano]

I cannot connect to the web service on the remote machine (on the localhost I have no problem);
when I try to add the web reference I get the download file dialog box;
I have tried to use wsdl.exe but I get the following error:

- The document was not recognized as a known document type (WSDL, XML Schema,
or Discovery document) for the following reason:
- The content type 'application/octet-stream' is not valid for an XML document.


can someone help out here? any help is apriciated.

thx Sylvano
dsylvano@hotmail.com

 

[Zarcom]

don't link to the vsdisco file rather link straight to the asmx file it works then

 

[Silvano]

thx, i know that as I have tried that so many times on the local machine;
I think the problem I have is that for some reason I cannot access the service on the remote machine because of the security settings...
do you know how to take care of that problem? Sylvano
dsylvano@hotmail.com

 

[Silvano]

or the problem is the disco?
can you show me how the disco file should look like? (let's assume that the web server does not support XML)

thx Sylvano
dsylvano@hotmail.com

 

[Zarcom]

A sample disco file looks like this

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot; ?>
<dynamicDiscovery xmlns=&quot;urn:schemas-dynamicdiscovery:disco.2000-03-17&quot;>
<exclude path=&quot;_vti_cnf&quot; />
<exclude path=&quot;_vti_pvt&quot; />
<exclude path=&quot;_vti_log&quot; />
<exclude path=&quot;_vti_script&quot; />
<exclude path=&quot;_vti_txt&quot; />
<exclude path=&quot;Web References&quot; />
</dynamicDiscovery>


However Webservices are XML based so the web server needs to support it.

If you are thinking to the security settings then you may need to use the IIS enterprise manager to modify them for your application.
Hope this helps

 

[Silvano]

the sample you posted is the default for the Dynamic discovery file; in the documentation i've read that we should replace that with the Static Discovery file once the service is moved from the development machine; the default looks somewhat like this:

<?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot; ?>
<discovery xmlns=&quot;

http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/disco/&quot;>

</discovery>

in any case, my web service works fine if executed on the local machine (

http://localhost...);

once moved, only thing I get is the download dialog box; I just can't figure out why is this happening... Sylvano
dsylvano@hotmail.com

 

[Zarcom]

Did you just copy the files over or did you deploy them to the remote machine?

Check out Walkthrough: Deploying a Web Solution in the Visual studio documentation.

Hope this helps

 

[Silvano]

Thanks for your response. I found out what my problem is. The host does not have the ASP.NET framwork support. duh...

sorry 'bout that... Sylvano
dsylvano@hotmail.com

 

[Zarcom]

lol %-) I should have thought of that sooner