>Shouldn't you be doing "as" i.o. "=" ? (This is VB!)
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>Using loSOAPSVC.oOperationContextScope as New System.ServiceModel.OperationContextScope(loMyService.InnerChannel)
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I don't think it makes any difference with the current VB.NET since it will infer type. i.e these two are identical:

Dim a as New (x)
Dim a = New(x)

But would only work in older version if Option Strict was Off.