SOAP Web Service in Win Forms Application?

[jkersch]

hi there, i just wondered if it is possible to "host" a .NET WebService withing a WinForms Application ( and not as ASP.NET stuff in IIS). I know this is no Problem in Java and i´d like to know if i can do this with C#. we´re developing a business software and we want our WebService in our Application (encapsuled in a Plugin). well...is this just possible? i tried to just let my class inherit from System.Web.Services.WebService but i have no idea how to access this "WebService" Object. any ideas? thanks jkersch

[Heath Stewart]

You have to host ASP.NET in your Windows Forms application because this provides the services that a .NET Web Service uses. In fact, Visual Studio 2005 no longer requires that IIS be installed to develop Web Forms and .NET Web Services because it has a separate process that hosts ASP.NET. See the System.Web.Hosting namespace[^] for details. Once you've hosted ASP.NET you can do just about everything you'd do when hosted from IIS. Keep in mind that IIS does provide some services, such as setting up and tearing down hosts for ASP.NET, handling hung hosts, etc. You could, of course, make your host do that but you'll need to implement it. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Software Design Engineer Developer Division Customer Product-lifecycle Experience Microsoft [My Articles] [My Blog]