Dynamic URL for WebService in VS2008

[bkreitman]

All,

I am trying to create a new Web Service in VS2008. When I add a "Service Reference" in the IDE, it asks for a static URL for the webservices, which I provide and everything works well. The URL is written into the .disco and .wsdl file on the solution.

However, I have my setup with a DEV, a QA , and PROD environments so that it can be throughly tested in Development and at Quality Assurance and finally installed onto the PROduction system. Each of these environments have a different URL for the IIS server where the webservices are installed.

How can I use the same code and have the referenced Web Service point to any of the three servers depending on its environment?

Even changing an ini/app.config file is OK, I just don't know how to do it, and tell the service to use the new URL. I have written a C# console app, that would like to reference and use a Vb.net webservice on out central server.

[Plater]

Could you change the hosts file on the testing computer?
So when it goes to find somePRODurl.com it really goes to someQAurl.com ?

[Curtis Rutland]

You can right-click the reference in the Service References folder, and click "Configure Service Reference." You can put the new address there.

[bkreitman]

I can change the URL for each environment, but it would require a re-compile for each environment, and I am trying to use a single code base. Ultimately, I only really care about the PROD environment, but in order to test correctly, I need have the same code at each step of the way.

[bkreitman]

You can right-click the reference in the Service References folder, and click "Configure Service Reference." You can put the new address there.

I can change the URL for each environment, but it would require a re-compile for each environment, and I am trying to use a single code base. Ultimately, I only really care about the PROD environment, but in order to test correctly, I need have the same code at each step of the way.