[m.timoney]

I have a winforms application,

and i need it to talk to a non .net asp web service, now normally i'd just add it as a web reference and use the WSDL to generate an interface object that i can use.

however when i go to the web service i get a xml reply that isn't a WSDL and because of that Visual Studio wont let me add it as a web service.

so how do i do it?

[m.timoney]

okay not working yet but i've got the following code

Code:

        Dim http As HttpWebRequest = HttpWebRequest.CreateDefault(New Uri("http://xxxx.xxxx.co.uk/"))
        Dim soap As String = ComposeSOAP(dc)


        http.Method = "POST"
        http.ContentLength = soap.Length
        http.ContentType = "Soap"

        Dim sendStream As Stream = http.GetRequestStream()
        Dim writer As New StreamWriter(sendStream)


        Dim reply As String = ""

        Try
            writer.Write(soap)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try

        Try
            Dim res As Boolean = False
            For i As Integer = 0 To 100

                If http.HaveResponse() Then
                    Dim ReplyStream As Stream = http.GetResponse.GetResponseStream()
                    Dim reader As New StreamReader(sendStream)
                    reply += reader.ReadToEnd()
                    res = True
                    reader.Close()
                    Exit For
                End If
                '                Threading.Thread.Sleep(500)

            Next

            If Not res Then
                Dim ReplyStream As Stream = http.GetResponse.GetResponseStream()
                Dim reader As New StreamReader(sendStream)
                reply += reader.ReadToEnd()
                reader.Close()
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try
        writer.Flush()
        writer.Close()

        Console.WriteLine(reply)
        Return reply

hope this helps anyone else with the same problem

[m.timoney]

This one works

Code:

       Dim http As HttpWebRequest = HttpWebRequest.CreateDefault(New Uri("http://xxxx.xxxx.co.uk/"))
        Dim soap As String = ComposeSOAP(dc)


        http.Method = "POST"
        http.ContentLength = soap.Length
        http.ContentType = "Soap"

        Dim sendStream As Stream = http.GetRequestStream()
        Dim writer As New StreamWriter(sendStream)


        Dim reply As String = ""

        Try
            writer.Write(soap)
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        Finally
            writer.Close()
        End Try

        Try
            Dim res As Boolean = False
            For i As Integer = 0 To 100

                If http.HaveResponse() Then
                    Dim ReplyStream As Stream = http.GetResponse.GetResponseStream()
                    Dim reader As New StreamReader(sendStream)
                    reply += reader.ReadToEnd()
                    res = True
                    reader.Close()
                    Exit For
                End If
                '                Threading.Thread.Sleep(500)

            Next

            If Not res Then
                Dim ReplyStream As Stream = http.GetResponse.GetResponseStream()
                Dim reader As New StreamReader(sendStream)
                reply += reader.ReadToEnd()
                reader.Close()
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message)
        End Try

        Console.WriteLine(reply)
        Return reply