XML formatting issue...

[santoshsri]

Hi,

I am new to .Net. Actually I need to pass an XML string to a webservice.Below is the way how I assign the XML to a variable strXmlReportRequest1.

strXmlReportRequest1 = "<PARAMETERS><ReportPath>\\\\%COMPUTERNAME%\\ezsb\ \PMS\\</ReportPath><ReportName>ZZPMS</ReportName><ForceReport>True</ForceReport><DataConnectionString>DSN=COSPROD</DataConnectionString><ReturnType>5</ReturnType><DisplayFormat>5</DisplayFormat><PolicyNumber>LPR 0000771 04</PolicyNumber><CrystalReportName>rptMainInForce.rpt </CrystalReportName><CrystalConnection>PADBS0001</CrystalConnection><UserID>FERptUser</UserID><Password>user</Password><DataBaseName>db_FSFELIP</DataBaseName><REPORTPARAMETERS><EndDate>09/13/2008</EndDate><PolicyNumbers>LPR 0000771 04</PolicyNumbers><UserName>jkwooden</UserName><LocationTypes>01,02</LocationTypes><LocationTypeNames>FP,REO</LocationTypeNames></REPORTPARAMETERS></PARAMETERS>";

Problem is when I am trying to get the string through response.write just after assignment . I am getting a weired string, I am getting all the node names lost !! -

\\%COMPUTERNAME%\ezsb\PMS\ZZPMSTrueDSN=COSPROD55LP R 0000771 04rptMainInForce.rptPADBS0001FERptUseruserdb_FSFEL IP09/13/2008LPR 0000771 04jkwooden01,02FP,REO


So can any one help me , how can I retain the xml node names along with data.

[Shashi Sadasivan]

If you have a look at web services, it transfers data as SOAP, which is XML.
unfortunately it puts all the contents of the string within the string type element and sends it,
at the receiving end, it takes all the text in the node of the element the web service is expecting
and hence you loose all the xml information
the way to solve it is to convert the xml format as a class and pass it through, which means that your data will be easier to process and will be strongly type (less prone to errors)

[santoshsri]

Thanks for the reply. But the webservice is expecting the input to be in string format . Can I send the class yet ? A code snippet will help me to better understand


Again, Thanks !!

[santoshsri]

Let me come to the point.. Actually above string is being sent to a webservice. The webservice in response returns another XML which our code interprets and converts to PDF.

This code had been working fine since last 3 years.. we have been facing this problem since last one week.. I tried to catch the exception . I got "Non-negative number required. Parameter Name: Byet count ..... "

Seems like webservice response is changed than earlier.

Any idea on this ?