basic questions about web services development

George George

Hello everyone,

New to Web Services. After some experiment, some basic questions.

1. What is the function of a code hehind file? Any benefits of have a separate asmx and asmx.cs file?

2. When we press F5 to debug, I it is not running on IIS. If IIS is not hosting the web services, which party hosts the web services when we use F5 to debug?

3. I am always confused what is the function and why we need [WebService]? I think [WebMethod] is enough since we expose web service through a public function, not through a class (marked with WebService attribute).

thanks in advance,
George

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George George18y ago
Hi Ryan,

Sorry that I do not agree with you. For asmx, how do you make controls (e.g. Web Controls) into it? All UI components (e.g. Web Controls) are in asmx.cs file. Any comments?

regards,

George
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Ryan Alford18y ago
what is the benefit of having a Form1 "designer" file and a Form1.cs "code-behind" file in Windows Forms? What is the benefit of having a Form1.aspx "designer" file and a Form1.aspx.cs "code-behind" file in ASP.Net? It's exactly the same. The "designer" file allows you to use the controls from the toolbox. The .cs file is where you put all your code.

Quit thinking that Web Services are completely different from Windows Forms, Console, and Window Service programming. They all use the same concepts.
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George George18y ago
Thanks Ryan!

What is the benefit of having two files -- asmx and asmx.cs?

regards,

George
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Ryan Alford18y ago
1. the function of asmx and asmx.cs is the same as with windows forms.
2. you can't DEBUG web services. you will need code to do the debugging by writing to a file or something. you can't "watch" it.
3. just because you "think" that's all that's needed doesn't mean it's the case. I don't think that we need $4/ gallon gas but that doesn't mean a thing.
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