My task is to design and develop the consuming end of the web services. Someone else is researching and developing the actual web services. The main purpose is consume XML data and update a central database for analysis.

I will read up on the WCF you are suggesting. Thanks.

>Are you looking at ASMX web services or WCF? (Hint: use WCF)
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>>Hi All,
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>>in our recent project, we will be connect to various outside sources to retrieve data that has changed. The idea is to use Web Services as the medium of communication. Each agency will have a copy of a web service; all with the same interface. The only thing that is different is the URL that we call to access them.
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>>I have been searching for a means to call a web service from VB.Net without have to add reference (hardcode) each of the various Web Services to the project. Can this be done, and how?
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>>Also, I would prefer to do this is an asynchronized fashion. This will allow for multiple request to be processed at the agencies without tying up our server.