TESTING WEB SERVICE IN BROWSER

[TompIfe]

Hei,
I have a web service with web methods that take nullable DateTime parameters
(i.e., DateTime?)
When i open the service in IE7, I get the message that those methods cannot
be viewed ("not primitive types");
the other web methods can be invoked without problems.
Any suggestions on how I can change IE7 settings or something else?
Kind regards,
Tom Pederen

[John Saunders]

"TompIfe" <tp******@commu nity.nospamwrot e in message
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Hei,
I have a web service with web methods that take nullable DateTime
parameters (i.e., DateTime?)
When i open the service in IE7, I get the message that those methods
cannot be viewed ("not primitive types");
the other web methods can be invoked without problems.
Any suggestions on how I can change IE7 settings or something else?

This has nothing to do with IE. The web page created from your service does
not know how to deal with anything other than primitive types.

You should create a client to test your service in any case. Such a
client-based test can be created in a unit test, using NUnit or the unit
test tool in Visual Studio Team System Developer Edition. That allows the
test to be run automatically, with a clear pass/fail report.

--
John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer

[Steven Cheng]

Hi Tom,

As for the WebService Test page issue, it is due to the type system
supported by the test page. Generally, for ASMX webservice, it will try to
generate a web page for user to test the webmethods. However, those page
use textbox to accept parameters, therefore, it will only be able to afford
simple types(such as the primitive types--- int, string, bool....). Those
complex type such as DateTime or custom class is not supported by this test
webservice page.

As John mentioned, if you want to fully test a webservice, you can simply
create a console application and "Add WebReference" agains the service to
test it. In addition, the advantage of testing via "generated proxy" (over
the web page test interface) is that webservice proxy is using SOAP
protocol to invoke the webservice while the test page use simply http get
verb which cannot fully covers all the characters of SOAP based XML
webservice.

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

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From: "TompIfe" <tp******@commu nity.nospam>
Subject: TESTING WEB SERVICE IN BROWSER
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:07:02 +0200
Hei,
I have a web service with web methods that take nullable DateTime
parameters
(i.e., DateTime?)
When i open the service in IE7, I get the message that those methods cannot
be viewed ("not primitive types");
the other web methods can be invoked without problems.
Any suggestions on how I can change IE7 settings or something else?
Kind regards,
Tom Pederen

[TompIfe]

Hi,
I have created a client that consumes the web service and it works fine.
I am not familiar with unit tests, but I will look into it.
Thank you for your assistance.
Tom Pedersen
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"TompIfe" <tp******@commu nity.nospamwrot e in message
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>Hei,
I have a web service with web methods that take nullable DateTime
parameters (i.e., DateTime?)
When i open the service in IE7, I get the message that those methods
cannot be viewed ("not primitive types");
the other web methods can be invoked without problems.
Any suggestions on how I can change IE7 settings or something else?

This has nothing to do with IE. The web page created from your service
does not know how to deal with anything other than primitive types.

You should create a client to test your service in any case. Such a
client-based test can be created in a unit test, using NUnit or the unit
test tool in Visual Studio Team System Developer Edition. That allows the
test to be run automatically, with a clear pass/fail report.

--
John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer