Web Service FAQ
Add Comment1) What are Web Services ?
Web Services are "Applications delivered as service over the
Web" . To have more info about it read this
article.
2) Can Web Services generate events within clients ?
No Web Services cannot generate Events within the clients , you
will have to find a way around it , like the client polling after
sometime to check if there is anything new.
3) To use Web Services from ASP.NET , do I need to learn SOAP ?
The ASP.NET architecture hides the SOAP implementation from the
programmer so you do not need to have any knowledge about SOAP.
4) Is there any difference in the Proxy class generated by Visual
Studio.NET and the Proxy class generated by the WSDL tool
in Web Services ?
No, both the Proxy classes are the same. Only VS makes it more
easy for the programmer.
5) Where do I place the Proxy dll while creating a Web Application
as a Consumer for the Web Service ?
In ASP.NET according to the specification you have to create a
"/bin" directory just above the Virtual Directory which
hosts your application and place the "Dll" file in this
"/bin" directory. Eg. if you are on a LocalHost then
create a "/bin" directory in the "wwwroot"
folder.