使用HTTP格式向客户端/服务器发送XML消息

Question

I am trying to create a client-server application that would communicate using xml in a http format.

I already researched about client-server transferring file using TCP/IP. It uses tcclient/tcplistener which worked very fine. However I was trying to build an application that could use an http format of request to do the transferring of file.

I also had downloaded some codes for an implementation of an http server but the http client needs to be a web browser, is there a way that I could just have ac# windows FORM as a client and pass those http webrequest/webresponse classes ?

Is there any suggestion that you can give?

Thank you very much in advance. I hope you could help.

Answer 1

I think what you're doing here is basically reinventing Web Services. For .NET, you can either look at ASMX Web Services or at WCF .

Answer 2

I also think should have a look at Windows Communication Foundation , it gives a lot of possibilities, settings and security . I recommend the following books to read, that also helped me:

• Professional WCF 4: Windows Communication Foundation with .NET 4 (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
• Programming WCF Services, Third Edition

Hope it helps you.