Hi, Firstly, I must apologise as I am a novice and my approach may be flawed. I am using MS Visual Web Developer 2010 Express on a Windows 7 Enterprise platform. What I want to do is add a provided 3rd party wsdl file to a C# ASP.NET MVC Web App and then consume each service. I have successfully done this in a Java environment. I am at the stage wher I am trying to add a Service Reference to the wsdl as follows: -> select Service Reference from the menu options -> select Advanced -> select Add Web Reference When I add the reference to my wsdl I get an access denied cannot copy message, as follows: There was an error downloading 'C:\temp\wsdl'. Access to the path 'C:\temp\wsdl' is denied. Access to the path 'C:\temp\wsdl' is denied. Access to the path 'C:\temp\wsdl' is denied. There was an error downloading 'C:\temp\wsdl'. Access to the path 'C:\temp\wsdl' is denied. Access to the path I would appreciate advice on my approach and why I am getting an access denied message. I have checked the property for the location I am going to and all seems to be fine.
can you try to move the file 'wsdl' out from windows temp folder and try to open it again? make a folder in desktop or something and try to add from there see what happens
Adding a WSDL file to a ASP.NET MVC Thanks for the idea: I have moved my files under the c drive and this is what I get: There was an error downloading 'C:\'. Access to the path 'C:\' is denied. Access to the path 'C:\' is denied. Access to the path 'C:\' is denied. There was an error downloading 'C:\'. Access to the path 'C:\' is denied. Access to the path 'C:\' is denied. Access to the path 'C:\' is denied.
I should have added that this the same for the desktop folder: There was an error downloading 'D:\Users\malikmo\Desktop\test'. Access to the path 'D:\Users\malikmo\Desktop\test' is denied. Access to the path 'D:\Users\malikmo\Desktop\test' is denied. Access to the path 'D:\Users\malikmo\Desktop\test' is denied. There was an error downloading 'D:\Users\malik
okay, just a thought; I assume you already have web reference to the project right? It should allow the wsdl to consume the service automatically so you don't need to add the service reference again
I do not currently have a web reference at the moment. I was trying to add web reference by adding service reference, which failed.
Ok leaving aside the reference issue, this where I have got to so far: After reseaching the web I found that I have to use svcutil.exe with the /mc switch to generate the WCF contracts. This will create a code file that I can add to my project. It will contain all interfaces and data types I need to create mu service. The default language is C# but you should be able to change this using /l:vb. svcutil /mc "WSDL file path" In my case, my WSDL has a supporting XSD file so I passed it in as arguments after the WSDL. svcutil /mc "WSDL file path" "XSD 1 file path" "XSD 2 file path" ... "XSD n file path" Now, I believe I need to create a class "MyService" which will implement the service interface (IServiceInterface) - or the several service interfaces - and this is my server instance. I have read that the class by itself doesn't really help yet - I will need to host the service somewhere. I need to either create my own ServiceHost instance which hosts the service, configure endpoints and so forth - or you can host your service inside IIS. Is this the correct way forward?