streaming pdf files through Web Service

[Stu]

Hi,

I have encrypted pdf files which I need to stream through a web service to
the browser. So I have a byte() array returned from my web service call which
allows me to decrypt back to the pdf before displaying. It works but is slow
when the average report is 84K. So basically I need to speed up the
streaming.

I have tried gzip compression but found out that pdf are already compressed
using flate algorithm so no luck there. I tried http Isap compression filter
but this actually slowed down part of the site and complained that the pdf
wasnt a pdf. So is there any way to stream content efficiently with soap.

Ive read the:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...opaquedata.asp

So is base64 encloding going to be faster than the byteArray or does anyone
have any other ideas ?

TIA

Stu

[Marco]

Hi Stu,
transferring binary files using web services is usually not recommended. You
can look at WSE 2.0 (Web Service Enhancements) and in particular to the
WS-ATTACHMENT specification.

- Marco
"Stu" wrote:

Hi,

I have encrypted pdf files which I need to stream through a web service to
the browser. So I have a byte() array returned from my web service call which
allows me to decrypt back to the pdf before displaying. It works but is slow
when the average report is 84K. So basically I need to speed up the
streaming.

I have tried gzip compression but found out that pdf are already compressed
using flate algorithm so no luck there. I tried http Isap compression filter
but this actually slowed down part of the site and complained that the pdf
wasnt a pdf. So is there any way to stream content efficiently with soap.

Ive read the:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...opaquedata.asp

So is base64 encloding going to be faster than the byteArray or does anyone
have any other ideas ?

TIA

Stu

[Marco]

Hi Stu,
transferring binary files using web services is usually not recommended. You
can look at WSE 2.0 (Web Service Enhancements) and in particular to the
WS-ATTACHMENT specification.

- Marco
"Stu" wrote:

Hi,

I have encrypted pdf files which I need to stream through a web service to
the browser. So I have a byte() array returned from my web service call which
allows me to decrypt back to the pdf before displaying. It works but is slow
when the average report is 84K. So basically I need to speed up the
streaming.

I have tried gzip compression but found out that pdf are already compressed
using flate algorithm so no luck there. I tried http Isap compression filter
but this actually slowed down part of the site and complained that the pdf
wasnt a pdf. So is there any way to stream content efficiently with soap.

Ive read the:-
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...opaquedata.asp

So is base64 encloding going to be faster than the byteArray or does anyone
have any other ideas ?

TIA

Stu