>Help me understand.
...preparing my whiteboard so i can paint you the answers...

>1)You have a UNIX client.
Yes

>2)You have VFP "stuff" on a Windows Server
mmm...Not a Windows Server ( not very fund of those sorry ) but a IIS Server. The data and stuff resides on a beloved Novell 6.5 Cluster.

>3)You desire your UNIX client to transact with the VFP "stuff" on your windows server?
Yup! Just change the windows server part...

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>I don't know about SOAP. With XMLHTTP I have been able to "drive" a foxISAPI VFP Server. Swaps big XML containers really - really fast. Have you assessed XMLHTTP?
Yes, in other scenarios, for instance whenever i need to refresh data, in web environment, a-la VFP Valid() method, i.e not refreshing the whole page but just the desired control. The only way i found to do this is using XMLHTTP

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>I've heard XMLHTTP described as the glue of the internet. It almost >eliminates the need for branded "carriers" - at least with the stuff I have >been doing.

You don't say...

>Since I got you on the phone and you may be up on all the Juicy IT gossip in >Israel - is their any link between "First 4 Internet" (RootKit) in the UK >and the PI's and worm developers that were popped in Tel Aviv in May?

..geez i read something about this in the Captain Internet ( some local stuff, don't ask ) last week, but since i'm becoming senile...i'll draw on my whiteboard a big note to save this stuff next time i bump into it ( sooner than you think, you are right about the gossip going on )

>PS - Love your new hair:-)
ROFL!! When did you see the old hair????

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>>Is it possible to consume a VFP-generated web service from Unix? I generated the web service using the vfp wizard/soap toolkit, and i was under the impression this is not achievable ( good look trying CreateObject("MsSoap.SoapClient") from Unix :-) ).
>>In the meantime, i created an ASP wrapper that calls the web services and they just post the data to this asp page, but the guy at the other end send they consume soap web services by entering soap:action clauses in the XML. Any clues?
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>>Thanks,
>>Jaime