Accessing Web Services in Managed Code

 Windows Communication Foundation Services and ADO.NET Data Services

A Web service client is any component or application that references and uses a Web service. This does not necessarily need to be a client-based application; in fact, in many cases your Web service clients might be other Web applications, such as Web Forms or even other Web services.

In This Section

• Code Model for Accessing Web Services in Managed Code
  Describes the process of accessing Web Services in managed code.

• Locating Web Services
  Provides instructions on how to locate Web Services to access.

• How to: Generate a Web Service Proxy
  Provides instructions on how to generate a proxy class for a Web Service.

• How to: Access a Web Service in Managed Code
  Provides instructions on how to access a Web Service from a client application written in managed code.

• How to: Access a Web Service Asynchronously in Managed Code
  Provides instructions on how to asynchronously access a Web Service from a client application written in managed code.

Related Sections

• Programming the Web with Web Services
  Provides a portal for all Web Services documentation.

• Introduction to Programming Web Services in Managed Code
  Describes the Web Services programming paradigm.

• Creating Web Services in Managed Code
  Describes the process and provides instructions on how to create Web Services in managed code.

• Building XML Web Service Clients
  Describes the process and provides instructions on building Web Service clients.

• Customizing SOAP Messages
  Describes how to customize SOAP messages, including how to work with various XML encoding methods.

• Using SOAP Headers
  Describes how to utilize SOAP headers in Web Services created using ASP.NET and how to include additional information with SOAP messages.

• How to: Access XML Web Services from a Browser
  Provides instructions on accessing ASP.NET Web Services from a Web browser using HTTP-GET, HTTP-POST and HTTP-SOAP.