February 2003
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
16h 35m
English
ASP.NET provides a simple way to test an XML Web service after you have deployed it to a virtual directory. If you request the .asmx file in a Web browser, you’ll see an automatically generated test page that lists the available methods and the text descriptions you’ve added (as shown in Figure 5-3).

Figure 5-3. The CustomerDB test page
To test a Web method, you click one of the methods. A separate window will appear, with text boxes provided for parameters and with an Invoke button. When you click Invoke, the request message is sent, the XML Web service class is created, the Web method executes, the XML Web service class ...
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