Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition

Using Web Services

SharePoint web services allow remote applications to get and modify SharePoint sites and content. These services are more complete than the VBA object model and can be used from any web-service-aware programming language such as Visual Basic .NET, C#, C++, VBA, Java, and so on.

Table 12-4 lists the web services SharePoint provides, and Table 12-5 lists additional services provided by MOSS. All services except Admin.asmx are installed in the _vti_bin virtual folder, which maps to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\ISAPI under the default SharePoint installation.

Table 12-4. SharePoint web services

Service	Use to
Administration (Admin.asmx)	Manage SharePoint sites (for example, create or delete sites). This service is only installed for the SharePoint Central Administration site in the _vti_adm folder.
Alerts (Alerts.asmx)	Get or delete alerts on a site.
Authentication (Authentication.asmx)	Log in to a SharePoint site with a username and password.
Copy (Copy.asmx)	Copy items between lists and libraries.
Data Adapter (DwsSts.asmx)	Performs queries against sites and lists.
Document Workspace (Dws.asmx)	Manage document workspace sites and the data they contain.
Forms (Forms.asmx)	Get forms used in the user interface when working with the contents of a list.
Imaging (Imaging.asmx)	Create and manage picture libraries.
Lists (Lists.asmx)	Work with list libraries.
List Data Retrieval (DspSts.asmx)	Perform a query on a list to retrieve data.
Meetings (Meetings.asmx ...