In this tutorial you will learn about Using Web Reference - Adding a Web reference:, To create an ASP.NET Web application, Adding a Web Reference, Testing a Web Service, Accessing the XML Web Service and To access the XML Web service

VB.NET 2005 Tutorials : Web Reference, ASP.NET Web Application and XML Web Service

Using Web Reference

A Web reference is a generated proxy class that locally represents the exposed functionality of an XML web service. The proxy class defines methods that represent the actual methods exposed by an XML web service. When the client application creates an instance of the proxy class, it is capable of calling the XML Web service methods as if the XML Web service were a locally available component. The programming language the proxy class is generated, is dependent upon the programming language of the active project to which the Web reference is added. However if you created a proxy using the tool wsdl.exe, you have the option to provide the program language.

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