I am developing a new wcf service which will be hosted in IIS. This service should generate a link dynamically for each customer and provide same to customer. This link always points an executable file. How do we generate dynamic links to each customer?
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I don't have any code yet as I don't know where to start! I see on the web that I'd need to select
on the Access toolbar external data >> more >> data services. Then it asks to point to a xml config file. Which I don't have and would need to create. I have the connection string from a VB.net application.
sWIPConnString As String = "SERVER=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=fake3465-vip.ent.agt.bb.ca)(PORT=41521))(CONNECT_DATA=(SERVICE_NAME=fictitious_service_name)));uid=APP_getinfo;pwd=thispassword;"
I'd have to convert that to an xml version. Any help would be appreciated!
Thank in advance
Pete
But those data services are not just any old plane jane web site. They are web sites that have installed, setup, and the developers of those web sites setup that data service connection. And these custom connections are NOT general web sites, and they are not general web services that many sites have. And they are not a web API written around say SOAP or some REST standard.
So unless that web site decided to adopt this Microsoft specific means and method to expose data, then you not be able to use this feature to simple connect to any old web site out of the blue. If you have a existing web site that exposes some web services? Then you have to use MSXML and consume that web data yourself. That option in Access is not some general purpose setting or feature that allows connection to any old web site - only ones that have created that web service written to the business connection options that Microsoft created.
It not clear if you planning to create some web services on the target web site (that would assume you're the developer of that web site), or you trying to consume existing web services that the given site exposes. Even in this 2nd case, those exposed web services or even REST calls has ZERO to do with the feature in Access.
so that feature is of only use for connecting to web sites that offer specific created connection based on that standard from Microsoft - it not a general web service consuming feature built into access and you can't use that feature as such.
How to make a web service call from Access? Well, it has ZERO to do with that feature. Here is a MSXML exmaple:
How to use XML web services in Access2007 which are built on Visual studio (2008/2010)
is it possible with SAP to generate client stubs and transfer objects from a WSDL served by a .NET WCF web service? Or do I have to build my SOAP XML requests manually?
To be more on the point. I still have a WCF web service and the wsdl. I have no knowlege in SAP. So the question is. Is it possible and how can I create client service stubs and the transfer objects in SAP from my WSDL?
It's easy to create an ABAP client for an existing web service if you have access to the URL for obtaining the wsdl file or the wsdl file itself. See this link for an step by step tutorial wich is basically:
1- Generate proxy from wsdl using assitant
2- Use proxy generated in your ABAP program
Regards
You can use the WSDL from the wcf for this. You can get the WSDL as service.svc?wsdl. However at times, some SOAP client generator expect all the definitions of the SOAP/WSDL in a single call. For that you might have to look at the following pages:
http://weblogs.asp.net/pglavich/archive/2010/03/16/making-wcf-output-a-single-wsdl-file-for-interop-purposes.aspx
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wcf/thread/f03b6e78-ef28-4692-8f19-62d2f2d3bc9c
WCF: how to generate a single WSDL document, without WSDL:import?
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I have created a ASP.NET web part to be deployed to a Sharepoint 2010 site. This web part is using a external web service, a WCF service that is hosted else where, not on the same machine as the Sharepoint site. The web parts are installed on the sharepoint server using a CAB-file that is created via a deploy project.
Issue:
My issue is that I have web service binding configurations in the web.config of my ASP.NET web part solution that I need to modify based on what customer is using it, so I need to be able to modify my binding address after installation (or during).
Other:
I have seen solutions using the SPWebConfigModification, but I have no local installation of Sharepoint so that is not an option. I have also seen pure C# solution where the endpoint address is hard coded in the assembly, but this will prevent me from modifying the address after compilation of the web part. The best way would be to have an external txt/xml-file that I can use from my web part to get the endpoint address from, or a smart way of updating the sharepoint web.config not using SPWebConfigModification.
so...
any one have a awesome solution to my issue?
Can you use custom webpart properties that will contain the WCF endpoint information? This way you will be able to configure your webpart(s) after they are added to a page. The properties are reachable from the webpart code so you can generate the wcf proxy in the runtime with no custom config files in the solution.
this article might help you with the custom properties http://www.lamber.info/post/2010/05/21/How-do-I-create-custom-properties-in-Visual-Web-Parts.aspx
Editing web.config is almost always the wrong place to put something like this.
Maks answer is good and certainly the easiest option, if you want to store the address of the web service in one place to be used by multiple web part instances then this option may be better.
SO - What is a proper way to store site-level global variables in a SharePoint site?
I have the need to create two web services. They do the same thing, but one has web references to "testing" services. The other has reference to "live" services.
I'd like to create and maintain one set of source (.asmx) files using c# in Visual Studio 2010.
I've managed to create a solution which contains two web service projects. I even managed to reference (using Add Link) the same set of source files in each project.
However, when I go to call the asmx file, the web service, the file's not found and I cannot figure a way to distinguish which service I am calling; the asmx files only exist in the common folder area, not actually within each project.
If the testing and the live services use the same WSDL, then you do not need separate web references. Use a single reference, then set the Url property of the proxy class to point to the correct service.
Caution, WCF noobie alert
I need to create a WCF client to query a non-WCF web service.
The web service is not a WCF service. Additionally, the web service requires a client authentication certificate. Now, I have the certificate, and can create a non-WCF client that works perfectly; I was able to 'Add Web Reference' and a certificate dialog box opened up to allow me to select the appropriate certificate, then went on to create the web reference. Trying to create a WCF client via 'Add Service Reference' is another story, it just fails with a 403 Access Denied error.
I have the WSDL for the service, and have run svcutil.exe on it, but am not sure how to proceed from there.
Thanks for any help!
I'm assuming that the service you are using is performing client SSL authentication.
Since add service reference is failing, you can use svcutil to generate the client from the WSDL file that you have. I think the syntax would be something like:
svcutil *.wsdl /l:C# /out:Reference.cs /config /s /ct:System.Collections.Generic.List`1 /ser:Auto /tcv:Version35 /n:*,<NameOfYourNamespaceHere> /edb
This will generate a file, Reference.cs, that contains the proxy classes to the service (you can give this file whatever name you want). Add this file to your project. A config file, output.config, will also be generated. You can add this configuration to your application configuration instead of typing it all in by hand.
Now you can follow this MSDN article on using Transport Security with Certificate Authentication. You can skip down to the client section where it shows how to attach the certificate to the request in code as well as in configuration.
I know this is the old question and it has been already solved but I would like to mention that Add service reference also works for WSDL files stored on disk. Marc has also mentioned it. Add service reference dialog accepts:
URL to WSDL
URL to Metadata exchange endpoint
Service URL where /mex is added internally
Any file path to WSDL file
So if you have WSDL and all need XSD files you can use Add service reference as well. The only tricky part is that Add service reference dialog doesn't have Browse button and that is the reason why this functionality is not well known.
Stupid question (maybe): could you connect to the service endpoint, present it with your credentials stored in the certificate, and then download the WSDL (and possibly XSD) from there? Or could it be the entity offering this service would be able to actually send you these files (or make them available for download)?
Once you have the WSDL (and XSD) file on disk, it should be easy enough to create WCF client for that (using either svcutil.exe or Add Service Reference) based on those files, and then configure the appropriate security for it.
Just a thought.... (worth $0.02?)
Marc
OK, bit of a work-around here (and I've no idea what is going on technically): I noticed that when you add a Web Reference, the certificate you have chosen is cached and automatically used the next time you add the Web Reference (I noticed because I'd chosen the wrong certificate). This caching seems to work across Web Reference and Service Reference so:
Add a Web Reference to the endpoint, choosing the certificate you wish to use
Remove this Web Reference
Add a Service Reference to the same endpoint and Visual Studio will use the same certificate you chose for the Web Reference
Worked on Visual Studio Community 2019, v16.7.7