Debugging Web Services: DiscoCodeGenerator

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Sandy Macdonald - 18 May 2007 22:17 GMT

Hi there,

I'm just getting into C# and Visual Studio C# Express Edition. I'm looking
to consume a SOAP web service, but have run up against an issue. After
adding a new web reference, and then trying to instantiate it, I'm getting an
error about the DiscoCodeGenerator:

Warning 3 Custom tool warning: DiscoCodeGenerator unable to initialize
code generator. No code generated. C:\Documents and
Settings\mcaplan\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary
Projects\ConsoleApplication1\Properties\Settings.settings 1 1
ConsoleApplication1

My best guess is that the DiscoCodeGenerator is chocking on building out the
proxy class code from the imported WSDL.

Is there a way that I can debug this issue to figure out why
DiscoCodeGenerator is failing?

Thanks,

Mike

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Bryan Phillips - 20 May 2007 03:00 GMT

Use windbg or another instance of Visual Studio and attach to the web
server process serving the web service. Configure the debugger to break
on exceptions when thrown and try to consume the web service again and
it should break when the exception occurs. Use the stack trace and
locals windows to see if anything is amiss.

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Bryan Phillips
MCT, MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
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Web Site: http://www.composablesystems.net

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Sandy Macdonald - 20 May 2007 14:14 GMT

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for the reply. I wasn't clear about this in my posting, but the
DiscoCodeGenerator error I am getting is on compile. To my best
knowledge I cannot use the VS debugger to step through the build process
as it relates to the thrown DiscoCodeGenerator error. Is that correct?

Thanks!

> Use windbg or another instance of Visual Studio and attach to the web
> server process serving the web service. Configure the debugger to break
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>> Mike

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Bryan Phillips - 20 May 2007 14:34 GMT

You can open a 2nd instance of Visual Studio to debug the 1st instance
of Visual Studio. This is how VS add-ins and packages are debugged.

Since the error is during compile, you may have to also attach to the c#
compiler exe.

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Bryan Phillips
MCT, MCSD, MCDBA, MCSE
Blog: http://bphillips76.spaces.live.com
Web Site: http://www.composablesystems.net

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