Webservice to listen to port 80

[dcrooks]

I need to create a webservice to listen to port 80 and read in an XML file. Any ideas?
TIA!


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David L. Crooks
Anteon Corporation

 

[chiph]

There are a number of tutorials in the MSDN docs -- it's easier than you think.

Chip H.


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[dcrooks]

That narrows it down. Any other examples would help. Thanks!

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David L. Crooks
Anteon Corporation

 

[DaZZleD]

all webservices run by default on port 80. that's one of their great advantages.

second, you can create a method that takes as parameter an XML and mark that method as [WebMethod]. it's as easy as that.

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[dcrooks]

Right, I need a web service that is triggered when an XML file is created and then put into a dataset. Do I need a timer?



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David L. Crooks
Anteon Corporation

 

[chiph]

Web services aren't "triggered", they're called. Think of them as really really remote method calls.

So, in your case, it sounds like after the code adds the XML to your dataset, it would make a call to the webservice. The power of Visual Studio makes this easy, as all you'd do (from the calling side) is add a web reference to the web service, by right-clicking on the references branch of your project tree, and selecting "Add web reference".

Chip H.


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[dcrooks]

No, I need the web service to suck in the XML data.

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David L. Crooks
Anteon Corporation

 

[chiph]

Then write a class that has the WebService attribute attached to it, then write a public method that has the WebMethod attribute attached to it, and accepts a XML string as a parameter.

See:

http://www.codeguru.com/Csharp/Csharp/cs_webservices/tutorials/article.php/c5477/

for a tutorial on how to write a web service.

Chip H.


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