On 3/21/2016 10:05 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
I'm RTFM-ing now, but one thing that concerns me, is that if I understand this correctly, I need a web server to get responses back. Is this correct?
Nope. SOAP is just an API for sending and receiving packets of data over the internet. Depending on how the services are set up, you should be able to "consume" (send data and get responses) from a web service set up by the other party (who likely has a web server to do this) with a FoxPro app.
So I should be able to do this from my MS Server, which is not running a web server, purely in VFP? This gives me hope! :-)
Which FMs are you reading? Rick Strahl's west-wind.com site has some of the best references. There's also some good stuff on the Fox Wiki, and in the archives here.
We purchased and installed WestWind client, precisely because it has soap and xml classes in it. Started RTFM, but got hung up with something, decided to take a break, and read the older MS "walkthrough" That's when I started to get concerned. I think I'll switch back to Strahl's and more recent documentation. Thanks!