In this tutorial you will use Visual Studio to create a new web service and then add methods to expose the functionality required for your web service.

To create the new Web Service:

  • On the Visual Studio 2010 file menu, choose New Project.
  • From drop down list .NET Framework choose .NET Framework 2.0.
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  • From menu Recent Templates choose -> Visual C#->Web.

 

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  • Go to on the right pane and click on ASP.NET Web Service Application.
  • Enter the name of the web service in the Name text box and click OK.

 

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Visual Studio .NET creates a project that contains  a .asmx file and code-behind class that provides required functionality.

 

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The content of an .asmx file consists of a single line that contains a WebService directive. The line is just like the @Page directive used in the .aspx file, but with Page replaced by WebService:

<%@ WebService Language=”C#” CodeBehind=”Service1.asmx.cs” %>

The code-behind file for a web service consists of a class that inherits from System.Web.Services.WebService.

public class Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService

{

….

}

In addition, Visual Studio .NET adds a WebService attribute to the class definition. While not explicitly required, the WebService attribute lets you define the namespace for the web service. By default, the namespace is set to https://tempuri.org/.

[WebService(Namespace = “https://tempuri.org/”)]

public class Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService

{

}

You can replace https://tempuri.org/ with URI representing you company or your development environment e.g. https://localhost.

If you want add useful functionality to the web service, you should create methods just as you usually do for any other class, but you should precede each method definition with a WebMethod attribute. The attribute informs Visual Studio that the method is to be exposed as part of the web service.

In our example I added two additional methods and kept the existing one HelloWorld:

[WebMethod]

public string HelloWorld()

{

return “Hello World”;

}

The first additional method is

[WebMethod]

string Calculator(int nm1, int nm2, char op)

{

}

which expects as input two integer numbers and type of operation between them ‘+’,’-‘,’*’ and ‘/’.  As result the method returns calculated value or error Dividing by zero in case of nm2=0 and op=’/’.

The second additional method is

[WebMethod]

public string StateName(string code)

{

}

which expects as input code of the state and returns as result  its full name.

The full text of the code-behind  class is :

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Web;

using System.Web.Services;

namespace MyWebService

{

/// <summary>

/// Summary description for Service1

/// </summary>

[WebService(Namespace = “https://localhost/”)]

[WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]

[System.ComponentModel.ToolboxItem(false)]

public class Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService

{

[WebMethod]

public string HelloWorld()

{

return “Hello World”;

}

[WebMethod]

public string Calculator(int nm1, int nm2, char op)

{

int res = 0;

switch (op)

{

case ‘+’: res = nm1 + nm2; break;

case ‘-‘: res = nm1 – nm2; break;

case ‘*’: res = nm1 * nm2; break;

case ‘/’: if (nm2 == 0)

{

return “Dividing by zero”;

}

res = nm1 / nm2;

break;

}

return res.ToString();

}

[WebMethod]

public string StateName(string code)

{

string[] states = {“ALABAMA”,”ALASKA”,”AMERICAN SAMOA”,”ARIZONA”,

“ARKANSAS”,”CALIFORNIA”,”COLORADO”,”CONNECTICUT”,

“DELAWARE”,”DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA”,”FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA”,

“FLORIDA”,”GEORGIA”,”GUAM”,”HAWAII”,”IDAHO”,”ILLINOIS”,

“INDIANA”,”IOWA”,”KANSAS”,”KENTUCKY”,”LOUISIANA”,”MAINE”,

“MARSHALL ISLANDS”,”MARYLAND”,”MASSACHUSETTS”,

“MICHIGAN”,”MINNESOTA”,”MISSISSIPPI”,”MISSOURI”,

“MONTANA”,”NEBRASKA”,”NEVADA”,”NEW HAMPSHIRE”,

“NEW JERSEY”,”NEW MEXICO”,”NEW YORK”,”NORTH CAROLINA”,

“NORTH DAKOTA”,”NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS”,”OHIO”,

“OKLAHOMA”,”OREGON”,”PALAU”,”PENNSYLVANIA”,”PUERTO RICO”,

“RHODE ISLAND”,”SOUTH CAROLINA”,”SOUTH DAKOTA”,”TENNESSEE”,

“TEXAS”,”UTAH”,”VERMONT”,”VIRGIN ISLANDS”,”VIRGINIA”,

“WASHINGTON”,”WEST VIRGINIA”,”WISCONSIN”,”WYOMING”};

string[] codes  = {“AL”,”AK”,”AS”,”AZ”,”AR”,”CA”,”CO”,”CT”,”DE”,”DC”,”FM”,”FL”,”GA”,

“GU”,”HI”,”ID”,”IL”,”IN”,”IA”,”KS”,”KY”,”LA”,”ME”,”MH”,”MD”,”MA”,

“MI”,”MN”,”MS”,”MO”,”MT”,”NE”,”NV”,”NH”,”NJ”,”NM”,”NY”,”NC”,”ND”,

“MP”,”OH”,”OK”,”OR”,”PW”,”PA”,”PR”,”RI”,”SC”,”SD”,”TN”,”TX”,”UT”,

“VT”,”VI”,”VA”,”WA”,”WV”,”WI”,”WY”};

string cd;

cd = code.ToUpper();

cd = cd.TrimEnd();

cd = cd.TrimStart();

if (cd.Length != 2)

return “OPPS INVALIDE CODE”;

for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++)

{

if (cd.Equals(codes[i]) == true)

{

return states[i];

}

}

return “NO STATE”;

}

}

}

  • Press F6 button to build solution
  • Publish the solution.
  • Press F5 to start the solution

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  • Click for example on StateName.

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  • Enter CA and press Invoke.

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As result the browser should display CALIFORNIA

 

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