using WSDL.exe programmatically

[Pierre]

Hi all,

I'm building a small app that allows users to create proxys by clicking
on an interface (web, winform).

I started my project, imported wsdl.exe (add reference) and tried to
figure out a way to use it programmatically (throught object browser,
research engines, msdn...).

But I have to admit it looks a bit opaque to me.

If anybody has some tips/knowledge on how to simply convert a command
line: wsdl.exe /l:CS /edb /n:My.Company.Namespace /sharetypes
http://someserver/someservices.asmx into an app with a user interface,
I'll be very happy to hear about it.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best regards,

Pierre

[Gaurav Vaish \(EduJini.IN\)]

Right click on the project...
and select "Add Web Reference..."
and point to the WSDL

You are done!
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Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish
http://www.mastergaurav.org
http://www.edujini.in
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"Pierre" <bu****@no-log.org> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I'm building a small app that allows users to create proxys by clicking
on an interface (web, winform).

I started my project, imported wsdl.exe (add reference) and tried to
figure out a way to use it programmatically (throught object browser,
research engines, msdn...).

But I have to admit it looks a bit opaque to me.

If anybody has some tips/knowledge on how to simply convert a command
line: wsdl.exe /l:CS /edb /n:My.Company.Namespace /sharetypes
http://someserver/someservices.asmx into an app with a user interface,
I'll be very happy to hear about it.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best regards,

Pierre

[Pierre]

Hi and thx for the answer Gaurav,

Unfortunatly I have around 20 WSs to link this way and some are
added/modified on a regular basis (quite a nightmare I admit).

The idea is to build a tool that builds 1 proxy for all these WSs using
1 namespace...(i'll pass all the advantages given by using wsdl.exe
against using the Add Web Reference).

If the user has to click on 1 button instead of asking me to do the
proxy I could save up some time to do more interesting things. I have
done a .bat, but the exe not being at the same path on every computers,
it's a rather limited approach.

Once more if anyone knows how to use WSDL.exe programmatically (or to
achieve the same in another way) I'd be gratful if this person could
share this knowledge.

[Robert Wilczynski]

Hi Pierre,

You may want to try the following:

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo wsdlExeStartInfo = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(
"wsdl.exe", "/l:CS /edb /n:My.Company.Namespace /sharetypes
http://someserver/someservices.asmx");
System.Diagnostics.Process wsdlExe = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(wsdlExeStartInfo) ;

You can of course wrap it in a method and parameterize the arguments passed
to wsdl.exe.
I believe you cannot redistribute wsdl.exe with your applications so you
will have to somehow locate it on the client machine and include .Net SDK
as a prerequisite for your application.

Does that help?

Best regards,
Robert Wilczynski.

Hi and thx for the answer Gaurav,

Unfortunatly I have around 20 WSs to link this way and some are
added/modified on a regular basis (quite a nightmare I admit).

The idea is to build a tool that builds 1 proxy for all these WSs
using 1 namespace...(i'll pass all the advantages given by using
wsdl.exe against using the Add Web Reference).

If the user has to click on 1 button instead of asking me to do the
proxy I could save up some time to do more interesting things. I have
done a .bat, but the exe not being at the same path on every
computers, it's a rather limited approach.

Once more if anyone knows how to use WSDL.exe programmatically (or to
achieve the same in another way) I'd be gratful if this person could
share this knowledge.

[Kirk Allen Evans]

Here's an approach using
System.Web.Services.Description.ServiceDescription Importer:

http://blogs.msdn.com/kaevans/archiv...27/585013.aspx

Kirk Allen Evans [msft]
blogs.msdn.com/kaevans

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"Pierre" <bu****@no-log.org> wrote in message
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Hi and thx for the answer Gaurav,

Unfortunatly I have around 20 WSs to link this way and some are
added/modified on a regular basis (quite a nightmare I admit).

The idea is to build a tool that builds 1 proxy for all these WSs using
1 namespace...(i'll pass all the advantages given by using wsdl.exe
against using the Add Web Reference).

If the user has to click on 1 button instead of asking me to do the
proxy I could save up some time to do more interesting things. I have
done a .bat, but the exe not being at the same path on every computers,
it's a rather limited approach.

Once more if anyone knows how to use WSDL.exe programmatically (or to
achieve the same in another way) I'd be gratful if this person could
share this knowledge.

[Gaurav Vaish \(EduJini.IN\)]

> "wsdl.exe", "/l:CS /edb /n:My.Company.Namespace

/sharetypes http://someserver/someservices.asmx");
System.Diagnostics.Process wsdlExe =
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(wsdlExeStartInfo) ;

Would like to add just one modification, based on Piere's requirements.

0. Create a file services.txt with list of all asmx/services, one per line
1. Invoke the code above in a loop and replace the hard-coded location with
what you read from the file.
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Happy Hacking,
Gaurav Vaish
http://www.mastergaurav.org
http://www.edujini.in
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[Pierre]

Thank you for the fast and helpful answers guys,

Very nice article you've written there Kirk, that's what I needed.

Thank you again I appreciate the help.

Pierre