Forget that - I've solved that part of the  problem by referencing a
common type defined in a common namespace. Found the dox on how to do
this at MSDN (eventually).

However, I seem to have a problem returning a value from my webservice
now: I created a 'local' copy of the webservice and it ran fine. When I
run it remote, it returns an empty list.

Any thoughts?

Here's a snippet:

       <WebMethod()> Function getsomestuff() As Envelope
           Return New Envelope(1, 2, 3, 4)
       End Function

And in my generated Reference.vb:

<System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://server:13100/imsService/imsServices/getsomestuff",
RequestNamespace:="http://server:13100/imsService/imsServices",
ResponseNamespace:="http://server:13100/imsService/imsServices",
Use:=System.Web.Services.Description.SoapBindingUse.Literal,
ParameterStyle:=System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)>
_
       Public Function getsomestuff() As Envelope
           'Return New Envelope(1100, 2200, 3300, 4400)
           Dim results() As Object = Me.Invoke("getsomestuff", New
Object(-1) {})
           Return CType(results(0), Envelope)
       End Function

       '<remarks/>
       Public Function Begingetsomestuff(ByVal callback As
System.AsyncCallback, ByVal asyncState As Object) As
System.IAsyncResult
           Return Me.BeginInvoke("getsomestuff", New Object(-1) {},
callback, asyncState)
       End Function

       '<remarks/>
       Public Function Endgetsomestuff(ByVal asyncResult As
System.IAsyncResult) As Envelope
           Dim results() As Object = Me.EndInvoke(asyncResult)
           Return CType(results(0), Envelope)
       End Function

When that returns, I don't get my 1,2,3,4 as expected - I get 0,0,0,0
which is the default for a new envelope. If I uncomment the hard-coded
return above (1100, 2200 etc) then that works fine and I get those
numbers back as expected.

Any ideas why?

Thanks in advance - the finish line is in sight, but it's a struggle
all the way at the moment..

Thanks
AW