problem apparently with type conversion

[andyjgw]

Hi all, hope someone can help here, I'm really stuck. Reading and
googling like mad, to no avail so far...
Basically, my problem *seems* to boil down to type conversion:

Here's a sample web service I knocked up:

<WebMethod()> _
Public Function HelloWorld() As myType
Return New myType("Andrew", "too old")
End Function

End Class
Public Class myType
Private _name, _age As String
Property name() As String
Get
Return _name
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
_name = Value
End Set
End Property

Property age() As String
Get
Return _age
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As String)
_age = Value
End Set
End Property
Sub New()
End Sub
Sub New(ByVal n As String, ByVal a As String)
_name = n
_age = a
End Sub
End Class
In my main application, I have a copy of the myType class, it's
identical, but when I do this:

Dim myLocalType As myType
Dim svc As mytest.Service1
myLocalType = svc.HelloWorld <<< error

it throws an error of "value of type 'imsws.mytest.mytype' cannot be
converted to 'imsws.mytype'". They are exactly the same type! The web
reference reference.vb shows:

<System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute([Namespace]:="http://tempuri.org/imsService/Service1")>
_
Public Class myType

'<remarks/>
Public name As String

'<remarks/>
Public age As String
End Class

I'm really stuck here - can you help? Thanks in advance if so :)

Cheers

AW (beginning to sweat a little..)