I am creating an API DLL to call remote methods using SOAP by way of
Web References. (whidbey)
what is the default timeout value for methods called (via invoke)?
can i adjust it?

Hi, all, I have some asp.net experience and I want to know what is web service
and where i can apply it, so where to start? Thanks.

I have an Async WS updating my SQLserver DB
80 clients are connecting to the WS all day updating the DB
I have only ONE UPDATE instruction in the WS
I dont want to have conflicts with the data and I  realy need to take care

I'm building a Java Web Services exposed on the internet which I want to
restrain the use to only a few authorized programs, that is .NET Windows
Service (like IIS, Apache, etc..) I also intend to write.
I had a hard time finding clear and simple on how to use security with web

It does not seem to be possible to host an NTLM (or Kerberos) authenticated
web service without enabling HTTP Keep-Alives (to enable the
challenge-response handshake.)
This means that load balancing (nlbs) does not work effificiently as

I am trying SOAP with DIME attachments in web services. The web
service sends the file as attachment say "test.doc", and the client
has to read that and populate it in a textbox control. I had asked
this question earlier, and got the reply that the data is tranferred

We are developing a webservice that will be installed at multiple,
unconnected sites. It is to act as a 'server' to several PocketPC
devices per site. The site PC's are running XP Pro. The PocketPC's are
making calls from a .net application and will access the webservice

Hi!, I´m at the moment begining with web services, and I have a problem:
I´ve already made a class which implementates a chess engine. Now it´s
in a dll, and i´ve proved with a standard c# proyect : it works fine.
Now, I put it in a webmethod:

I have a web service, that calls a COM + ( Queued).
The COM+ runs a stored procedure in Sql Server. Now this strored procedure
is to run for 6 hrs or so.
I have made a dumy StoredProcedure with WAITFOR DELAY statment in it.

I read an articles that it can publish crystal report as web services in
order to show in web forms to all public. If i buy one license of vs.net 2003
which bundles with crystal report, is it legally to do so without buying
other crystal report or some crystal report related ...

HI. Can any body tell how to get the XML that should be sent to the web
service. I mean the xml with de envelop and all payload... So I can
send it by email to use a soap email binding tool.
I went to obtain the XML soap client request to use email and then.

In my ProcessMessage function inside my SoapExtension, I need to convert the
incoming SoapUnknownHeader to the original class.  
Code snippet currently looks like the following:
foreach (SoapUnknownHeader header in message.Headers)

 my web service must return 2 values.
How can I do it ?
Web service can return a sortedList ?
Can I pass a ref value to a wev service ?

I am beginer of ASP.NET, I have simple question, would anyone help me?
I am not familiar on the difference between .Net web application and .Net
web service.
Thanks,

I developed a web method that returns type XmlDocument.
But a client calling the web method will only accept the return value as
datatype XmlNode.
Why?