How to Serialization the class from a webservice request

[samh]

Hi,

I'm using .net 1.1 and have a web reference to a 3rd party.

What I'm attempting to do is when I get a "failed" response from the
webservice (that's inserting some data or doing something else) I want
to serialise the response object to disk.

So for instance in reference.vb I have the lines
<System.Web.Ser vices.Protocols .SoapDocumentMe thodAttribute(" http://....
yada yada yada", RequestNamespac e:=".... yada yada yada",
ResponseNamespa ce:=".... yada yada yada",
Use:=System.Web .Services.Descr iption.SoapBind ingUse.Literal,
ParameterStyle: =System.Web.Ser vices.Protocols .SoapParameterS tyle.Wrapped)>
_

Public Function TestDatabaseExi sts() As Result
Dim results() As Object = Me.Invoke("Test DatabaseExists" ,
New Object(-1) {})
Return CType(results(0 ), Result)
End Function

<System.Xml.Ser ialization.XmlT ypeAttribute([Namespace]:="http://....
yada yada yada")_
Public Class Result

'<remarks/>
Public ResultType As ResultType

'<remarks/>
Public Message As String

'<remarks/>

<System.Xml.Ser ialization.XmlA rrayItemAttribu te(IsNullable:= False)_
Public Errors() As [Error]
End Class
So If I call the TestDatabaseExi sits function I get an object back of
type Result. So what I want to do is write the serialized Result
object to disk. Attempting to do so throws the error;

The type WSIntegration.R esult in Assembly WSIntegration,
Version=3.1.313 4.15657, Culture=neutral , PublicKeyToken= null is not
marked as serializable.

So I change the line

<System.Xml.Ser ialization.XmlT ypeAttribute([Namespace]:="http://....
yada yada yada")_
Public Class Result

to

<Serializable() ")_
Public Class Result

and it does work!!!! ... but I don't wan't to start altering the
reference.vb and for some reason it doesn't work for all the classes
defined in the reference.vb

Can anyone suggest an alternative way of letting me do this or give me
some advise?

Thanks.
Steve.