calling a web service without an extention???

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    calling a web service without an extention???

    I have a friend that used a program called CICS2WS that created a WSDL to
    allow our PC programs to retrieve mainframe data. In the WSDL that was
    created, the <address locationtag only contains the URL for where the
    service is located

    <wsdlsoap:addre ss location="http://mydomain.com/services" />

    However it also contains the tag
    <wsdl:service name="MstrGet">

    However trying to access the web service via
    http://mydomain.com/services/MstrGet.asmx yields a Server error. Besides,
    there is no indication that the program that generated the WSDL also
    generated an asmx file. Can the actual WS file be determined without have
    ..asmx?


    Does a web service have to have an asmx extension OR can it be a generic one
    like .ABC? OR, does an extension have to be specified at all????. The URL is
    the WSDL (as the web browser sees it) is just another sub directory. Ill
    admit I’m not well versed in mainframe programming, but I’m trying to figure
    out from the WSDL that got generated what the actual service to call from the
    browser is. I’ve only ever seen something.ASMX. I don’t see how the browser
    is supposed to know of a service without an file extension.

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    JP
    ..NET Software Developer
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      Re: calling a web service without an extention???

      =?Utf-8?B?SlA=?= <JP@discussions .microsoft.comw rote in
      news:714CF83E-3B04-46AE-91A5-C9F557B9CD0F@mi crosoft.com:
      Does a web service have to have an asmx extension OR can it be a
      generic one like .ABC? OR, does an extension have to be specified at
      all????. The URL is the WSDL (as the web browser sees it) is just
      another sub directory. Ill admit Iƒ Tm not well versed in mainframe
      programming, but Iƒ Tm trying to figure out from the WSDL that got
      generated what the actual service to call from the browser is. Iƒ Tve
      only ever seen something.ASMX. I donƒ Tt see how the browser is
      supposed to know of a service without an file extension.
      Browsers determine content through MIME headers rather than file
      extensions.

      Is the web service a .NET web service? The programmer may have created a
      HTTP handler that does some URL mapping. It's rather straightforward to do,
      but I'm not sure if it buys you very much. Maybe the programmer thought it
      looks slicker...



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