>I have the following code:
>

>      ' Get the SoapContext for the response message
>      Dim loContext As SoapContext
>      loContext = HttpSoapContext.ResponseContext
>

>
>This doesn't generate any error. However, below in the code, as soon as I make reference to loContext, I get an error that the object reference is not set. How can I detect if the 2nd line here is a success? Or, can someone point me to where the problem is?

Can't answer why it does not work (I'm sure someone will chime in). As for the first question, how to detect, you could use a Try..Catch block around it.