>Thanx Rick, got my "hello" msg in the responseText property. Now that the plumbing works, I can try creating the SOAP envelopes. Don't get much practice with this stuff at my current job, so I like to dabble a little just to keep in touch.
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>Also, my guest account was disabled and I didn't know I had to unload the Virtual Application before changes to the ASP would take effect.
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>Now for the 60m dollar question: How is an HTTP connection, like the one we just worked out, better than an ordinary C\S connection via TCP when using Fat clients?

It works over the Web, there's no connection time, it scales on the server, it goes through a firewall, you can take advantage of HTTP security.

Do I need to go on? <s>