I need to know if it's even possible to create an xml processor or web service or whatever the correct terminology is, that can accept an xml request by http post and then call a dll on the same server as the processor to run some transaction and return a response to the xml request? We do not have .net, so please, no .net references or solutions. We're using asp 3.0 and VB6. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Fairly new to xml - how to create a service that can call a dll? 1
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You would create a SOAP listener using the SOAP toolkit (download from MSDN) that IIS would call when it sees an incoming web service request.
Within the listener, you would instantiate objects from the Microsoft XML library v4.0 (probably a DomDocument40 object), load the XML request into it, and then retrieve the contents using XPath queries (part of MSXML4).
You can then call DLLs, etc. just like any other VB6 code.
Chip H.
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If you want to get the best response to a question, please read FAQ222-2244 first
Within the listener, you would instantiate objects from the Microsoft XML library v4.0 (probably a DomDocument40 object), load the XML request into it, and then retrieve the contents using XPath queries (part of MSXML4).
You can then call DLLs, etc. just like any other VB6 code.
Chip H.
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If you want to get the best response to a question, please read FAQ222-2244 first
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