how to consume web service from VBScript?

[mom_newbie]

Dear all,

Is there a way to create web service consumer in vbscript?
I've found this example (and many like it) in Internet:

set c = CreateObject("MSSOAP.SOAPClient")
c.mssoapinit("http://localhost/MYSoapApp/MYSoapApp.Calc.soap?WSDL")
for i = 1 to 10
WScript.Echo i & " " & c.Add(i,i) & " " & Time
next

but it's for the depreciated MS SOAP SDK.

Any suggestions for a .NET 1.1 alternative?

[Marvin Smit]

Hi,

ehhh. .Net does not have VBA or VBScript. If you go with .Net you
should just have the proxy created (set reference/run wsdl.exe) and
use that.

For VB, VBA, VBScript; Use the 'little out of date' SOAP toolkit, lots
of (commercial) programs still do.

Hope this helps,

Marvin Smit

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:07:02 -0700, "mom_newbie"
<mo*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Dear all,

Is there a way to create web service consumer in vbscript?
I've found this example (and many like it) in Internet:

set c = CreateObject("MSSOAP.SOAPClient")
c.mssoapinit("http://localhost/MYSoapApp/MYSoapApp.Calc.soap?WSDL")
for i = 1 to 10
WScript.Echo i & " " & c.Add(i,i) & " " & Time
next

but it's for the depreciated MS SOAP SDK.

Any suggestions for a .NET 1.1 alternative?

[mom_newbie]

Thanks, Marvin

ehhh. .Net does not have VBA or VBScript. If you go with .Net you
should just have the proxy created (set reference/run wsdl.exe) and
use that.
For VB, VBA, VBScript; Use the 'little out of date' SOAP toolkit, lots
of (commercial) programs still do.

I cannot use .NET in my scripts and SOAP kit would definitely be my last
resort :-)

Let's re-phrase my question - is there a corresponding functionality for
mssoapinit() in .NET?

My feeling is that it should be somewhere - like HTTP utilities in Microsoft
namespace.

Generally, any tools (accessible from vbscript) for creating objects from
SOAP messages would help.

[Steef D.]

You should use PocketSoap from Simon Fell.