Special Edition Using SOAP

Updating the Complex Type Example

The Complex Type Example first appeared in Chapter 8. Remember that this is the example that relies on 4S4C for the server-side component and pocketSOAP for the desktop. The main reason for using third-party products is that the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit doesn’t provide the required support. In this case, we’re defining a complex string type that resembles a Pascal string in that it has both a string part and a length part.

The following sections provide you with a detailed look at the client code and a summary of some differences you should note between desktop and PDA code. We’ll also discuss some important issues during application testing, such as sources of connectivity problems when working with a PDA. This ...