Hi Rich,

From your description, you have a WSE 2.0 webservice client used in a
converted VS 2008 .NET 3.5 project(winform). When you try running the
application, it report an exception indicate that the configuration can not
be loaded, correct?

Since the error indicate the configuration section can not be loaded. I
would suggest you first check whether WSE 2.0 runtime assmblies has been
correcctly installed into the GAC. When .net try parsing a custom section,
it will first request the certain custom section type from the assemblies
specified in configuration.

You can also try creating a very simple WSE 2.0 client application (in vs
2003) and convert it to VS 2008 and run it to see whether it can run
correctly. If that also fails, there must be something incorrect with the
WSE runtime. Otherwise, we may focus on the specific WSE client project.

Sincerely,

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From: "Rich Fowler" <RJF@newsgroup.nospam>
Subject: DIME WSE 2.0 in .NET 2.0
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:48:36 -0600

I know this is an old question but I cannot find any of the previous
posting
wrt this issue.

We are finally upgrading to VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 from VS 2003 and .NET 1.1.
We have Windows forms, ASP.Net code and Windows services that interface
with
3rd party web services that require the DIME attachments. We developed
libraries that are used in all three environments. The proxies are all
setup
to use WSE 2.0 SP3. I also have the configuration settings from the .NET
1.1
implementation.

I'm getting the

WSE032: There was an error loading the microsoft.web.services2
configuration
section.

error in the Windows forms application.

I know it is stated that .NET 2.0 supports WSE 2.0 SP3 and that VS 2008
does
not provide the interface that VS 2003 does. However, I cannot find any
documentation on what is specifically necessary to implement WSE 2.0 SP3 in
.NET 2.0. Or specifically what causes the above error.

Thanks for your help - Rich F.

Below are the relavent app.config sections:
-------------------------------
 <configSections>
   <section name="microsoft.web.services2"
type="Microsoft.Web.Services2.Configuration.WebServicesConfiguration,
Microsoft.Web.Services2, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" />
 </configSections>

 <microsoft.web.services2>
   <diagnostics>
     <trace enabled="true" input="Trace/Response.xml"
output="Trace/Request.xml" />
     <detailedErrors enabled="true" />
   </diagnostics>
   <security>
     <securityTokenManager type="IRSSaml.SamlTokenManager, IRSSaml"
xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.0:assertion" qname="saml:Assertion" />
     <securityTokenManager type="IRSSaml.UserTokenManager, IRSSaml,
DATWebService"
xmlns:wsse="http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecuri
ty-secext-1.0.xsd"
qname="wsse:UsernameToken" />
   </security>
   <messaging>
     <executionTimeout value="300" />
     <maxRequestLength>-1</maxRequestLength>
   </messaging>
 </microsoft.web.services2>
-----------------------------------
Note: Same error if I change the version to 2.0.3.0.

Below is sample code from the proxies:
-----------------------------------
 /// <remarks/>
 [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThroughAttribute()]
 [System.ComponentModel.DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")]
 [System.Web.Services.WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name="InitialLogin",
Namespace="http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices")]
 public class InitialLoginClass :
Microsoft.Web.Services2.WebServicesClientProtocol
 {

  public MeFHeaderType MeF;

  /// <remarks/>
  public InitialLoginClass()
  {
   this.Url = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("WebServiceURL") +
"/a2a/mef/InitialLogin";
   this.Timeout =
int.Parse(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("WebServiceTimeout"));
  }

  /// <remarks/>
  [System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderAttribute("MeF",
Direction=System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderDirection.InOut)]
 
[System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://www.irs.g
ov/a2a/mef/InitialLogin",
Use=System.Web.Services.Description.SoapBindingUse.Literal,
ParameterStyle=System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapParameterStyle.Bare)]
  [return:
System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("InitialLoginResponse",
Namespace="http://www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd")]
  public InitialLoginResponseType
InitialLogin([System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute(Namespace="http:/
/www.irs.gov/a2a/mef/MeFMSIServices.xsd")]
InitialLoginRequestType InitialLoginRequest)
  {
   object[] results = this.Invoke("InitialLogin", new object[]
{InitialLoginRequest});
   return ((InitialLoginResponseType)(results[0]));
  }

  /// <remarks/>
  public System.IAsyncResult BeginInitialLogin(InitialLoginRequestType
InitialLoginRequest, System.AsyncCallback callback, object asyncState)
  {
   return this.BeginInvoke("InitialLogin", new object[]
{InitialLoginRequest}, callback, asyncState);
  }

  /// <remarks/>
  public InitialLoginResponseType EndInitialLogin(System.IAsyncResult
asyncResult)
  {
   object[] results = this.EndInvoke(asyncResult);
   return ((InitialLoginResponseType)(results[0]));
  }
 }