>From this it looks as if the MSSoapInit executed OK (although you could check the SoapClient.FaultString etc to be sure) - which I would expect to fail if there was any basic problem with the SSL protocol.

>What are you wanting to pass as the third parameter to the .Authenticate method. At the moment it will be a boolean type with a .NULL. value which, I assume, is *not* what's required ?

>Regards,
>Viv

Good point, when I use .NET to make this call. The WSDL of the WS contains the defination of the "Result" object, so I was able to use a strong typed parameter. However, I can't figure out how to do that in VFP.

The WS did initialized fine, the error was on the "Authenticate" call.