Will VB6 handle overloaded methods of web services?

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Rod - 27 Mar 2006 18:51 GMT

I've asked whether or not a VB6 application could use a web service that I
am writing in .NET 1.1, and I've learned that it can, using the SOAP
toolkit. Right now I'm working on the web service, and I would like to
overload some of the methods for different implementations. Of course I
believe that any .NET app will be able to handle it OK (like our ASP.NET 1.1
app), but I'm not as certain about the old VB6 app.

So, I'm asking, can a VB6 application use a .NET web service that has
overloaded methods in it?

Rod

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q - 28 Mar 2006 06:16 GMT

You can't overload methods in a web service. Doesn't matter if it's
C#, VB.NET... Java... PHP... or even Lisp. You just don't do that.
It's not that VB6 can't get it. You just don't expose those in your
web service. In no way is that web service fully standards
compliant... in fact, some, including myself, wouldn't even consider
that a web service at all since it doesn't follow the rules.

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