Returning XML from a web service

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akosz - 07 Jun 2004 17:26 GMT

We have a web service that basically does as follows

<WebMethod()>
Public Function Verify(ByRef strXML As String) As Intege

Dim iRetCode As Integer = 0

iRetCode = DoStuff(strXML
If (iRetCode < 0) The
Return iRetCod
End I

Return iRetCod
End Functio

This works fine when we use a VB.NET or ColdFusion test app to send or receive XML. However, some of our customers who aren't using VB or CF are having the XML returned to them using entity references ( such as: < and > ). If we change the code to

<WebMethod()>
Public Function Verify(ByRef strXML As String) As Intege

Dim iRetCode As Integer = 0

iRetCode = DoStuff(strXML
If (iRetCode < 0) The
strXML = "<![CDATA[" + strXML + "]]>
Return iRetCod
End I

strXML = "<![CDATA[" + strXML + "]]>
Return iRetCod
End Functio

It eliminates their problem, but now the CF and VB.NET test apps of ours are blowing up

Any suggestions on how to return XML that is universally readable

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Dino Chiesa [Microsoft] - 07 Jun 2004 22:28 GMT

don't return it (or pass it) as a string!
pass it as an XmlElement.

check this article to see how:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnservice/html/service04162003.asp

-Dino

> We have a web service that basically does as follows:
>
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> This works fine when we use a VB.NET or ColdFusion test app to send or receive XML. However, some of our customers who aren't using VB or CF are

having the XML returned to them using entity references ( such as: < and
> ). If we change the code to:

> <WebMethod()> _
> Public Function Verify(ByRef strXML As String) As Integer
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> akosz

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