C# 5.0 All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 2: Building Web Services with ASMX

In This Chapter

Getting acquainted with SOAP

Creating an ASMX service

Running an ASMX service

Building the SHARP code

In Chapter 1 of this minibook, I state that services provide access to functional code over the wire. Though it wasn’t covered, it probably became obvious that one can’t just call a method on a remote machine without some kind of wrapper. The black magic that makes .NET methods work in a client program don’t work over the Internet.

There have been a bunch of remote procedure call protocols (as they are called) over the years. Some you might be familiar with include

CORBA

DCOM

RCW

OpenBinder

LINX

DLPI

STREAMS

DDE

Even AJAX, in its ...