Re: Big-Picture Question (Web Services, RegNow)

Hi Laurent,

Additionally, classes (or arrays) are easy to handle in SOAP, so as long
as your properties are simple types, it's really OK to "pack" them.

If it's really not an issue, do you have any idea why the VS environment
does not support it for testing?

Thanks for your additional comments. I've printed them out and will go
through them in more detail later.

Thanks again!

Jumping ahead, the next items I'm wondering about have to do with
deployment of the service. Although I'm somewhat mystified that the
default is to deploy Web pages uncompiled, my understanding is that they
can be precompiled. So there are a few issues I'm starting to wonder
about. Any input you might have would be appreciated.

1. How can I precompile a Web service before placing it on the Web.

When you use the VS2005 website model, you can publish your web service
just like you publish a website, by using the menu "Build / Publish". It's
the same process, exactly.

However, I recommend you to switch to the Web Application Projet, which is
an add-on to Visual Studio and which allows you to develop your websites
like you did in VS2003, with total control on the DLL.

http://webproject.scottgu.com/

After installing, choose "New project", and then "Web" and then "ASP.NET
Web Service Application".

2. What does a Web service compile to, and when would something like this
be compiled to a DLL rather than other types of pages?

A web service is made of a front-end file (.ASMX), which is the entry
point, and code-behind (C#). The compilation model is exactly the same as
for ASPX pages: The code behind gets compiled in the DLL, additional
referenced DLLs get copied too, and the ASMX file remains as a text file.

3. And where would I typically upload the compiled file to (which
folder).

You don't have a choice: Except by tweaking the configuration (which I
wouldn't), the DLLs must be placed in the "bin" folder under the root of
your virtual folder.

Try publishing your web service to a local folder, and then you'll see
that the folders are created, and the files copied.

Thanks!

HTH,
Laurent
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