>I want to just quickly knock up a simple aspx page that calls a web
> service without bothering to create a project or anything. Is it
> possible for me to add and call a web reference in code without using
> VS.Net at all?
Hi Chris,
you can use @ Assembly directive to set the reference to your web service
assembly or file and use a <script runat="server"></script> tag to write
inline code for calling the web service.
HTH,

Signature
Martin Kulov
http://www.codeattest.com/blogs/martin
MCAD Charter Member
MCSD.NET Early Achiever
MCSD