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How to Consume a Web Service from Microsoft Access

A while back (around mid September) I posted a message about how I'd
configured my client apps to upload error messages to my web server.
I really like the service, but David Fenton suggested that the IE factor
was unsafe and ill advised. Since that time, I was tasked to figure out
how to consume a Web Service from Access. Well, I worked up some
code and an article that is now posted out at DBJ ...

http://www.databasejournal.com/featu...le.php/3567511
It's not the first article on Web Services from Access, nor the most
comprehensive, but the download works when pointed to the Web Service
I created for the article and it boils the process down to bare minimums.
-- ORIGINAL POST --
Danny J. Lesandrini wrote ...

This has really helped me to be responsive. I keep the link on my
browser toolbar and check them periodically throughout the day.
I've called my client before they called me to say I'm working on
an issue I saw posted to my error site. That really impressed
them!


It's too bad that such a nice function is based on IE. I would
*never* force my clients to depend on such a pile of crap for any
of their app's functionality.
--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

Nov 30 '05 #1
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I take it you didn't like the method I posted that didn't use IE at
all in message ID 50************* *************** ****@4ax.com ...

All those "pesky API calls"....

<Grin>

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:13:48 -0700, "Danny J. Lesandrini"
<dl*********@ho tmail.com> wrote:
A while back (around mid September) I posted a message about how I'd
configured my client apps to upload error messages to my web server.
I really like the service, but David Fenton suggested that the IE factor
was unsafe and ill advised. Since that time, I was tasked to figure out
how to consume a Web Service from Access. Well, I worked up some
code and an article that is now posted out at DBJ ...

http://www.databasejournal.com/featu...le.php/3567511
It's not the first article on Web Services from Access, nor the most
comprehensiv e, but the download works when pointed to the Web Service
I created for the article and it boils the process down to bare minimums.
-- ORIGINAL POST --
Danny J. Lesandrini wrote ...

This has really helped me to be responsive. I keep the link on my
browser toolbar and check them periodically throughout the day.
I've called my client before they called me to say I'm working on
an issue I saw posted to my error site. That really impressed
them!


It's too bad that such a nice function is based on IE. I would
*never* force my clients to depend on such a pile of crap for any
of their app's functionality.

--
Drive C: Error. (A)bort (R)etry (S)mack The Darned Thing

Nov 30 '05 #2
I don't recall seeing it. I thought you suggested using an RSS feed, which
would work for reading it, I assume, but not for writing. So, no, I guess
I didn't wee your post.

The Web Service idea was born from a request to simplify the migration
from an Access application to a Dot Net app that uses web services for
inputting data.
--

Danny J. Lesandrini
dl*********@hot mail.com
http://amazecreations.com/datafast/

"Chuck Grimsby" <c.*******@worl dnet.att.net.in valid> wrote ...

I take it you didn't like the method I posted that didn't use IE at
all in message ID 50************* *************** ****@4ax.com ...

All those "pesky API calls"....

<Grin>

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:13:48 -0700, "Danny J. Lesandrini"
<dl*********@ho tmail.com> wrote:
A while back (around mid September) I posted a message about how I'd
configured my client apps to upload error messages to my web server.
I really like the service, but David Fenton suggested that the IE factor
was unsafe and ill advised. Since that time, I was tasked to figure out
how to consume a Web Service from Access. Well, I worked up some
code and an article that is now posted out at DBJ ...

http://www.databasejournal.com/featu...le.php/3567511
It's not the first article on Web Services from Access, nor the most
comprehensive , but the download works when pointed to the Web Service
I created for the article and it boils the process down to bare minimums.
-- ORIGINAL POST --
Danny J. Lesandrini wrote ...

This has really helped me to be responsive. I keep the link on my
browser toolbar and check them periodically throughout the day.
I've called my client before they called me to say I'm working on
an issue I saw posted to my error site. That really impressed
them!


It's too bad that such a nice function is based on IE. I would
*never* force my clients to depend on such a pile of crap for any
of their app's functionality.

--
Drive C: Error. (A)bort (R)etry (S)mack The Darned Thing

Nov 30 '05 #3

I was just joking. The post I referred to showed how to "get" a web
page via API calls, and doesn't use a browser at all. It was part of
another thread, so there really wasn't a reason you should of seen it.

But yes, back in that last discussion we had, I did suggest using a
RSS Feed to notify (and inform) someone of new content.

I haven't had an need for doing that yet myself, so I plan on checking
out your article. I'm not sure I'll have a chance to use it, but I do
enjoy learning new things!
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:32:21 -0700, "Danny J. Lesandrini"
<dl*********@ho tmail.com> wrote:
I don't recall seeing it. I thought you suggested using an RSS feed, which
would work for reading it, I assume, but not for writing. So, no, I guess
I didn't wee your post.

The Web Service idea was born from a request to simplify the migration
from an Access application to a Dot Net app that uses web services for
inputting data.

--
Drive C: Error. (A)bort (R)etry (S)mack The Darned Thing

Dec 1 '05 #4
Danny J. Lesandrini wrote:
The Web Service idea was born from a request to simplify the migration
from an Access application to a Dot Net app that uses web services for
inputting data.


That got my attention. I will be checking it out soon.

Thanks,

James A. Fortune

Dec 1 '05 #5
That`s interesting
In January I have a project (which I have not yet got figured out ! )-
My farm livestock app presently sends cattle birth and movement info to the
national database by email

The Agric dept is changing the system. Data is transfered in xml format by
web service. Farm event notifications going out and confirmation or error
receipts coming back.

The question is - Is what Danny describes using similar principles to what I
have to achieve ?

David B
"Danny J. Lesandrini" <dl*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:Q8******** *************** *******@giganew s.com...
A while back (around mid September) I posted a message about how I'd
configured my client apps to upload error messages to my web server.
I really like the service, but David Fenton suggested that the IE factor
was unsafe and ill advised. Since that time, I was tasked to figure out
how to consume a Web Service from Access. Well, I worked up some
code and an article that is now posted out at DBJ ...

http://www.databasejournal.com/featu...le.php/3567511
It's not the first article on Web Services from Access, nor the most
comprehensive, but the download works when pointed to the Web Service
I created for the article and it boils the process down to bare minimums.
-- ORIGINAL POST --
Danny J. Lesandrini wrote ...

This has really helped me to be responsive. I keep the link on my
browser toolbar and check them periodically throughout the day.
I've called my client before they called me to say I'm working on
an issue I saw posted to my error site. That really impressed
them!


It's too bad that such a nice function is based on IE. I would
*never* force my clients to depend on such a pile of crap for any
of their app's functionality.
--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc


Dec 2 '05 #6
David:

If you have data in an Access Database that needs to be pushed up
to a web service, implementing some web service method, then what
I posted will solve your problem with a minimum of code.
--

Danny J. Lesandrini
dl*********@hot mail.com
http://amazecreations.com/datafast/

"David B" <da***@marleyco te.nospamfsnet. co.uk> wrote ...
That`s interesting
In January I have a project (which I have not yet got figured out ! )-
My farm livestock app presently sends cattle birth and movement info to the national database by email

The Agric dept is changing the system. Data is transfered in xml format by web service. Farm event notifications going
out and confirmation or error receipts coming back.

The question is - Is what Danny describes using similar principles to what I have to achieve ?

David B


Dec 2 '05 #7
Thanks. Which Versions of Access will this work with
David B
"Danny J. Lesandrini" <dl*********@ho tmail.com> wrote in message
news:5v******** ************@gi ganews.com...
David:

If you have data in an Access Database that needs to be pushed up
to a web service, implementing some web service method, then what
I posted will solve your problem with a minimum of code.
--

Danny J. Lesandrini
dl*********@hot mail.com
http://amazecreations.com/datafast/

"David B" <da***@marleyco te.nospamfsnet. co.uk> wrote ...
That`s interesting
In January I have a project (which I have not yet got figured out ! )-
My farm livestock app presently sends cattle birth and movement info to
the national database by email

The Agric dept is changing the system. Data is transfered in xml format
by web service. Farm event notifications going out and confirmation or
error receipts coming back.

The question is - Is what Danny describes using similar principles to
what I have to achieve ?

David B

Dec 3 '05 #8
It's not a question of Access ... it's a question of having the MSSoap30.dll installed.
In my experience, if you have Office 2003, then the library is there and registered.
If not, you will need to get it, and I understand there is a redistributable component,
but I haven't delved into the process of getting it installed. Havent had to yet :-)
--

Danny J. Lesandrini
dl*********@hot mail.com
http://amazecreations.com/datafast/

"David B" <da***@marleyco te.nospamfsnet. co.uk> wrote ...
Thanks. Which Versions of Access will this work with
David B

Dec 3 '05 #9

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