It's a good idea to add a HelloWorld type method into every Web Service/COM object you build that doesn't do anything but return an "I'm alive" string to check for things like this. I also put in a method into all of my Web Services that return status information about the logged on account and current directory so that you can quickly see what is actually happening in the server. Highly recommended... this has saved me more than once...

COM and Web Services = royal pain in the a.s.s <g>...

+++ Rick ---

>It finally works!!!!!!!!!
>The problem was i did change the user ( in the com+ definitions ) to some user that didn't have rights to the directory. That's why the web service worked in fact, but couldn't get to the data. I did change the user to Interactive ( so it goes to IUSR... ) and now all is well.
>Now i'll start turning security back on stage by stage :-)
>
>Thank you all for your help
>
>Jaime
>
>>Jaime,
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>>I have no problem, so it probably works. :)
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>>Could you give full acceess to your data folder not only IUSR_...user , but other accounts on your computer - everyone, ... (do it temporary just for testing, I heard that it can be a glich without access to everyone)...
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>>Another question - in the Browser when you put URL to your Web Service - you can see on the screen XML file?
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>>Another thing to do - in IIE in the actions to configure your virual directory as public web site?
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>>>
>>>Sergey
>>>When i go to iis manager ->Web Service Extension -> Add a new Web Service Extension, it doesn't as for an extension, ( .wsdl ) but rather for a name and the application. In the name i put .wsdl and the the application i choosed soapis30.dll. I then gave Administrators right to the IUSR_...user and also full control in the shared directory, but still when calling from outside i get an Access is Denied 0x80070005 error ...
>>>
>>>Jaime