Viewing SOAP Message Exchanges
A good number of the bugs you tackle can be resolved by simply tracing the messages being exchanged between the client and server. One tool you will want is MSSOAPT.EXE, the trace utility provided with the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit v2. You can download the toolkit (SoapToolkit20.exe) from http://msdn.microsoft.com. To install just the trace utility, do the following:
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Run the installation package. Step through the various dialogs until you see the dialog shown in Figure 5.1. Choose Custom installation.
Figure 5.1. Choose Setup Type dialog.
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2. | On the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 2.0 node, click the Drive icon and select ... |
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