hi..

i can't figure this out...

i have a small web service in axis 1.1 which returns a file:

import javax.activation.DataHandler;
import javax.activation.FileDataSource;

public class AttachmentHandler {

public DataHandler GetAttachment(String isFileName)
{
String sFileName=isFileName;
DataHandler dh = new DataHandler(new FileDataSource(sFileName));
return dh;
}
}

it works in a java client off course, and on vb6 with soap toolkit 3.0
client.
now i've stumbled upon the "DataHandler being exposed in the wsdl" and
i solved it by simply creating a wsdl from a function in vb with the
same signature as the one in java, (i've used the wizard in the
toolkit) i them compared both wsdl and by trial and error i found out i
needed to switch between apach:DataHandler type in the wsdl with the
UnknownBinaryContent Type (i copied and pasted the whole thing and
created a static wsdl file for the Java web Service so vb client can
consume it.

this works.

problem is, i can't do the same with DOTNET client, if i tell it to
consume the modified wsd file it creates to proxy classes
AttachmentHandlerService
and AttachmentHandlerServiceWSE

if i try to use the first i get an exception in the invoke method
saying:
System.InvalidOperationException: Client found response content type of
'multipart/related; type=\"text/xml\";
start=\"<16D767B35F8E70F81BCBE1E03AF9314A>\";
\tboundary=\"----=_Part_3_8355938.1107376652875\"', but expected
'text/xml'.

if i use AttachmentHandlerServiceWSE i simply get a SystemError
exception