您可以从Windows窗体应用程序公开XML Web服务吗？

Question

This might sound like a silly question, but when I search for webservices, I get no information about how to create them in a windows forms application.

The only result is how to create and expose them by creating an .aspx page.

So my questions is: Can you create and expose webservices within a windows forms application or are they somehow tied in with .asp pages?

Thanks!

later edit: Is there an example of how to create a webservice in a .cs file and not in a .aspx file?

Answer 1

I would like to say that a WebService is a service interface into your application, not the application itself.

For exposing a WebService in another hosting enviornment than IIS (where your ASP.Net pages are hosted) you can use the following;

If you are using the WCF toolkit from Microsoft, this means; Create a 'ServiceHost' (actual class name) that can host your webservice implementation. This can be done in any application (ASP.Net pages, Winform, NT Service and even a console application).

Hope this helps,

Answer 2

First, It is not a silly question at all.

are they somehow tied in with .asp pages?

Webservices are not tied to any other application. A WebService is an could be an Application itself. You can create a WebService as a part of a solution, which may have any other type of application like Asp.Net WebApplication or no other application at all.

You can consume a Webservice form any of the following but not limited to

• Console Application
• Asp.Net Web Application
• Windows Forms Application

This article might help

• calling Webservice through C# Console app

Answer 3

Traditionally with .net Web Services were implemented using asp.net asmx files hosted in iis. With .net 3 came WCF which allows a range of different types of services (not just web services) hosted in a range of .net applications and services, not just iis. WCF is a complex and powerful set of technologies i have found this book to be helpful