I have a SoapService running in an executable using TCP.  This works fine
but I would like to have the option of changing the communication protocol to
HTTP.
Can a SoapService running in an executable use the HTTP channel?  If so then

I have a class that looks like this (simplified):
public class Field {
   public string Name;
   public string Value;

I'm trying to return string like  "\u0001" from web method, but client gets
exception
System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document (1,
978). --

I am using WSE 3.0 with Visual Studio 2005, specifically I'm using Kerberos
authentication and passing Kerberos ticket from Presentation Tier (VSTO.2005
client) to Server Tier through our Web Services (based on WSE 3.0).
Having our WSE 3.0-WebService over Windows Server 2003, ...

I'm using WSE3.0, and I want to use declarative role-based security for the
methods on a web service. This is done using the PrincipalPermission
attribute, like:
[PrincipalPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Role="Admins")]

I need to create property in web service. Scenario - user information.
I would create property User and client will assign information to user
class (just username string) and service can use it every time a method will
be called.

We're having an internal debate about the merits & demerits of
returning status codes in the output message vs exceptions to signify
errors in handling a Web method.
The status code camp is arguing that business rules related errors are

Here is my situation, we have 8 web servers with a web service in each of
them.  An external program invoke a webservice from the first server (by
specifying the IP address of the first server in the URL) to generate a file
and then distribute this file across all other 7 servers ...

I'm having a problem creating SOAP header in a .NET
The required SOAP header looks like this:
<s11:Header>
<MessageID

I have an existing ASP.NET 1.1 web service project that has a web service
secured by WSE 2.0.  Adding a second .asmx page to the project with new web
methods, are not secured.  They both share the same Web.Config file, so how
can this be?

I'm using WSE3 username/password over certificate - I can implement my own
(test) UsernameTokenManager like this:
public class MyUsernameTokenManager : UsernameTokenManager
{

I have to develop a following system:
One "global" manager connects to one of multiple "local" web services.
All
"local" web services have identical code - only thing they are

I added a web service reference to my project that is pointing at a
development web service. I want to change this to point to a staging server,
etc. via a config file reference rather than hardcode it into the compile.
How do I do this?

I tried to bypass a webmethod invocation as I have a cached stream to
return in some occasions at the SoapMessageStage.AfterDeserialize of
ProcessMessage on a SoapExtension.
I called HttpContext.Current.ApplicationInstance.CompleteRequest

I am new in developing web services and hope you can help me. I would
like to run a web service. A client will send an id. This id should be
taken by the web service. After that the webservice should call a url
with that id, e.g. www.testit.com/moreinfo.aspx?id=[ID]