I am using IIS 5.1, ASP.Net 2003 & VB.net 2003 to create
web services.
I am testing Intranet(LAN) access with the Hello World
Web service.

I've read about Web Farms for scalability of Web Sites.
Does the same concept apply to Web Services (i.e. the same Web Service
running on multiple boxes)?
If Web Service Farms are possible:

I got a strange request from a client today, or maybe it is not so strange.
If I write a WEB Service and also an application called ABC to talk to the
WEB Service, is there a way that the server can know that it is application
ABC that is talking, and will allow nothing else? Thus ...

We are trying to develop a prototype for .Net Web Services using SOAP
Extensions.
The problem that we are facing right now is, when the client is trying
to call a webmethod (it is a simple 'HelloWorld' method), it is giving

I have a web service that makes IO calls (file read, write, etc.) to files
on a network server.
Authentication works successfully when the web service is called from the
browser (IE) on the same server that hosts the web service. (ie both IE and

I am writing a windows app that sends an HTTP request for
xml data to a non-IIS server.
No matter what I have tried I always get back the message
"The underlying connection was closed: The server

I am considering using web services as an alternative to
DCOM/COM+ components for middle-tier logic.  I have
developed COM+ components in the past, using VB6, but
they were obviously STA, so threading was a minimal

My Web service function is expecting an integer (123).
However, I get a nasty error if the test page passes a
string (aaaa) to it:
<WebMethod()> Public Function READ_REC(ByVal intVal As

I would like to hear opinions on Web Service App design in terms of where
different developers have placed certain initialization or database
connection code.  For example, say we have a Web Service that uses ADO.NET
to connect to a database.  Where do you prefer to place the code ...

I've developed an ASP.NET web service that uses an xml file to store
configuration settings. I'm creating a cache dependency based on the xml
file and its schema, like this...
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();

I am trying to build a C# Web Service that will accept an
XML file and call a COM interface passing in the XML
file. Sounds simple, but I am having trouble finding
information on how to call a COM interface from within

In our company we use sticky IP to make sure that everybody always returns
to the machine where their Session was started.
We have a webfarm of 2 webservers.
Can we use Inproc for session state.

No Touch Deployment and Web Services.
My problem is that same webservice deploys on localhosts,
development server, test server and production server and
i want to control from the shortcut on the desktop on

I'm programming in ASP.net and I'm using a cute little java applet on
one of my web pages.  I have three buttons on my web page form.
The problem is whenever the user clicks one of these buttons, the
applet stops running and goes blank.

When ever i'm trying to use web controls like tab strib n
tool its giving the following error....Hope u can help me
File or assembly name Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls, or one
of its dependencies, was not found.