Set a time limit on a response from a web service

Question

If I call a web service ...

Service1 myWebService = new Service1();
int NewTotal = myWebService.CurrentBreakdowns(6);

How can I set a time limit on getting a response from the web service. I want to give it 30 seconds to respond and, if a response is not received, carry on and show a 'did not receive a timely response' message.

Answer 1

You can set the timeout as follows

localhost.Service1 service = new localhost.Service1();
service.Timeout = 30000;

where Timeout Indicates the time an XML Web service client waits for the reply to a synchronous XML Web service request to arrive (in milliseconds).

You can also try as suggested in the following post in SO

• Setting Timeout Value For .NET Web Service

Answer 2

Try adding this line under your <system.web> in your web.config:

<httpRuntime executionTimeout="30"/>

Wrap your service call in a try/catch block and handle the exception.

Answer 3

Hi bro I gave a time limit on client with this code;

firstly create service proxy in class

private BussinessAdapter serviceProxy = null;

in constructer assign a new adapter with this:

serviceProxy = new BussinessAdapter();

And you can set the time with this code in functions;

serviceProxy.Timeout=3000000; //to 50 min I gave

... and you need to sync with web service time out time my web service has the same time limit.