tough question. Apologies for the cross posting but it is an interesting
architectural problem and I think deserves a wide audience.
  What is the best way to extend web service proxy classes so we can add
our own methods and properties?

Using .NET framework 1.1 SP1, .NET framework SDK 1.1 SP1, Visual Studio .NET
2003, hotfixes 892202 and 823639.
I create a proxy class using wsdl.exe, and in the serialized XML request, I
see that any elements that are nested elements in the schema (not global

In a Visual Studio 2005 VB.NET Web Service where would I write the code to
get hings like the clients IP address, etc upon connection to a web service?
Basically I want to log attempt/visits to a web service.  There doesn't seem
to be anything like an OnConnection method.  Also, ...

In a webservice I need to store the credentials in a xml file.Of course
the password string is hashed.
The XML is stored in App_Data.
Now I need to open this file for read/write.

I am trying to learn web service implementation, I have a question about
return value. I will be returning and xml string with many records if
everything is fine and the reader reads it and puts it into a data set.
However if the there is some kind of problem, how should I return ...

I have a webservice that needs to return a paired list, such as created by an
arraylist.  The problem appears to be in serlizing the xml.  Any help on how
to return a paired list or arraylist would be gratly appreciated.
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I have some problems with creating a WebService ... :-(
Here is what I did:
- I have created a new WebSite Project (ASP.NET Web Service)
- I did not modify any code in this new project.

I have a winforms application that I'm trying to get to authenticate with a
web service. So in the winforms I get the currently logged in user and set
the web services credentials like this:
UsernameToken usernameToken = new UsernameToken(Environment.UserDomainName +

I have an interesting problem...and its one of those where I know what I
want but don't know how to ask it =)
I have an eCommerce application that uses Paypal for its payment gateway.
It is an XML webservice that my eComm app makes the request to.

I have a user object that I am using in two areas, natively in the
application and in a web service. The object is fairly simple, ie
class user
{

I have setup a Web Service with the UsernameForCertificate policy. Now, I
wish to check the username and password and authenticate against my sql
database. How would I go about doing that?
TIA!

Hi all, does WSE 3.0 work with .net 1.1? I have a .net 2.0 WS with WSE 3.0
enabled. Now the problem is that I need to update some 1.1 clients to
consume this WS. Is this doable?
TIA!

Hi all, does WSE 3.0 work with .net 1.1? I have a .net 2.0 WS with WSE 3.0
enabled. Now the problem is that I need to update some 1.1 clients to
consume this WS. Is this doable?
TIA!

I'm writing an essay on web services, and specifically their business
benefits.
So far I've found lots of nice examples online where web services have
done this and that, and helped to save £3m pounds, and brought an end

For the sake of reliability and scalability, I am wondering if it is
possible to put a web service into a web service farm?