I did exactly as you said but it does not ask me to enter anything in.


>I'm afraid that is not the case, I ran it in another computer without
>registering the service and it works fine. Try this, go the Task Pane;
>Tools-->Task Pane, click on XML Web Services and then click on
>Register an XML Web Service, is going to ask you to enter the URL,
>use the link for the service http://www.webservicemart.com/uszip.asmx?wsdl
> And if the task pane is successfull then you try in code, using
>the task pane code.
>
>Good luck.
>
>
>>Hi again. I too use VFP 8.0. When I pause to print out loNotification, it says just 'Object'. leRtnVal says 'null'. I did not register the web service as I've never attempt this before, probably this is causing the errors?
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi Timothy, Yes it is suppose to work as it is, I copy the code from this message in my computer running VFP8 and it ran without a problem, see
>>>if in the code when you type "loNotification." opens the intellisense, it should. What version of Fox are you using?, What version of the SOAP client?
>>> Let me know.
>>>
>>> Good Luck.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Thanks for reply. I ran your code as is, was it supposed to work as is? I am not sure going about registering a web service. The error message I get is:
>>>>
>>>>OLE IDispatch exception code 0 from Client:
>>>>Client:An unanticipated error occurred during the
>>>>processing of this request. HRESULT=0x800A13BE
>>>>- Client:Sending the Soap message failed or no
>>>>recognizable response was received
>>>>HRESULT=0x800A13BE - Client:Unspecfied client error
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Timothy, I'm sorry for the delay, the setup is pretty straightfoward
>>>>>in most situations, here an example of a webservice that gives you
>>>>>the location for a specific ZipCode; (could not find any free one
>>>>>that would work that gives you weather); register the web service
>>>>>in the Task Pane in Fox and that will let you see the methods available
>>>>>from the service, in this case there is only one. If you can not find
>>>>>a weather web service at least you can use ShellExecute to navigate to
>>>>>a page; let's say MSNBC.COM, dump the page to a text file and read it from there.
>>>>>
>>>>>Good luck.
>>>>>

>>>>>LOCAL loNotification AS "MSSOAP.SoapClient30"
>>>>>* Do not remove or alter following line. It is used to support IntelliSense for your XML Web service.
>>>>>*__VFPWSDef__: lonotification = http://www.webservicemart.com/uszip.asmx?wsdl notification , notificationSoap
>>>>>
>>>>>lcZip = "33029"
>>>>>loNotification = CREATEOBJECT("MSSOAP.SoapClient30")
>>>>>
>>>>>leRtnVal = loNotification.MSSoapInit("http://www.webservicemart.com/uszip.asmx?wsdl")
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>leResult = loNotification.ValidateZip(lcZip)
>>>>>
>>>>>XMLTOCURSOR(leResult,'ZIP')
>>>>>
>>>>>SELECT ZIP
>>>>>BROWSE
>>>>>

>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I guess calling the web service is what I'm after, the how to. Does this require alot of setup?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi Timothy, I think the easiest way is to call a Web Service,
>>>>>>>try
>>>>>>>http://www.ejse.com/WeatherService/Service.asmx
>>>>>>>or
>>>>>>>http://wsfinder.jot.com/WikiHome
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Also, you can try to scrape it from msnbc, google, etc...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Good luck
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Can someone point me to the way to have a control like a label display time/weather from an internet connection? I assume it involves a com server web connection? Thanks