Passing data to a web service

[Chris Dunaway]

I'm working on a Windows Forms app that communicates with a server through
web services.

One requirement that I have is that I need to be able to send a .wav file
as well as a number of records to the server.

What is the recommended method for doing this? I can package the data
records into a dataset and send that, but how would I send the .wav file?
I want to create a web method that will take both in one call but I'm not
sure how to accomplish it. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

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[Kevin Spencer]

You would have to serialize the image prior to passing it, as your only
option with a Web Service is to pass it as a parameter. On the other hand,
you could build an ASP.Net app (single page or handler) on the server that
takes a file upload, and have your Windows Forms app create a WebRequest and
upload the file in the same way a browser does.

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"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@_lunchmeat_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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I'm working on a Windows Forms app that communicates with a server through
web services.

One requirement that I have is that I need to be able to send a .wav file
as well as a number of records to the server.

What is the recommended method for doing this? I can package the data
records into a dataset and send that, but how would I send the .wav file?
I want to create a web method that will take both in one call but I'm not
sure how to accomplish it. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

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Chris

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[Chris Dunaway]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:35:33 -0500, Kevin Spencer wrote:

You would have to serialize the image prior to passing it, as your only
option with a Web Service is to pass it as a parameter. On the other hand,

Thanks for the reply. I resolved my problem.

For anyone interested, this is the method I used:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=aspnet

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