How do I get the Web Service address?

[Gustaf]

I'm writing a client (C#) for an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service. From within the client, with its web reference to the Web Service, how do I get the Web Service address as a string? Since the address must be known to the client, I guess there must be a simple way to do it.

Gustaf

[John Saunders [MVP]]

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I'm writing a client (C#) for an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service. From within the
client, with its web reference to the Web Service, how do I get the Web
Service address as a string? Since the address must be known to the
client, I guess there must be a simple way to do it.

The address is in the Url property of your proxy object.
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John Saunders | MVP - Windows Server System - Connected System Developer

[Gustaf]

John Saunders [MVP] wrote:

>I'm writing a client (C#) for an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service. From within
the client, with its web reference to the Web Service, how do I get
the Web Service address as a string? Since the address must be known
to the client, I guess there must be a simple way to do it.

The address is in the Url property of your proxy object.

Thank you! Another related question: is it possible to change the Url property at run-time, so that you can build a client that can switch between a test and deployment server?

Gustaf

[densial]

On Sep 14, 8:58 pm, Gustaf <[e-mail]:

John Saunders [MVP] wrote:

I'm writing a client (C#) for an ASP.NET 2.0 Web Service. From within
the client, with its web reference to the Web Service, how do I get
the Web Service address as a string? Since the address must be known
to the client, I guess there must be a simple way to do it.

The address is in the Url property of your proxy object.

Thank you! Another related question: is it possible to change the Url property at run-time, so that you can build a client that can switch between a test and deployment server?

Gustaf

yes, just do MyWebService.URL = "http://www.mypage.com/service.asmx"

[Gustaf]

densial wrote:

>Thank you! Another related question: is it possible to change the
Url property at run-time, so that you can build a client that can
switch between a test and deployment server?

yes, just do MyWebService.URL = "http://www.mypage.com/service.asmx"

Sounds good. What I worry about is that this will clash with the automatic settings that comes from adding a Web Reference. I suppose when you create a flexible client like this, the way to go is to use wsdl.exe and import the generated classes manually, rather than using the Web Reference wizard. That's what I tried to do now.

Unfortunately, the imported proxy class doesn't expose any Uri method to set, so I added some code for this:

public MyWebService()
{
this.Url = null;
}

public new string Url
{
get { return this.Url; }
set { this.Url = value; }
}

The new keyword is there to clarify that I hide the inherited member 'System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol.U rl'. But I'm not sure if that's really what I want to do. What do you think?

Gustaf

[Gustaf]

I wrote:

Sounds good. What I worry about is that this will clash with the
automatic settings that comes from adding a Web Reference. I suppose
when you create a flexible client like this, the way to go is to use
wsdl.exe and import the generated classes manually, rather than using
the Web Reference wizard. That's what I tried to do now.

Nevermind this comment. I got it working. now. :-)

Gustaf