All, or any who can help...

I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the file. 
The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). However, 
what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) between 
<base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML headers or 
formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: open the file, read 
the file into a byte array, and return the byte array. I just want the byte 
array...not the rest of the XML stuff surrounding the byte array.

Can this be done? How?

Thanks,
Kevin S.

"Kevin"  wrote in message 
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> All, or any who can help...
>
> I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
> receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the 
> file. The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). 
> However, what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) 
> between <base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML 
> headers or formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: 
> open the file, read the file into a byte array, and return the byte array. 
> I just want the byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff surrounding the 
> byte array.
>
> Can this be done? How?


First, please don't cross-post. Many people read all of the newsgroups you 
posted to, and will see your message several times.

Second, no, Web Services are about XML, so they'll return XML.
-- 
John Saunders [MVP]

"Kevin"  wrote in message 
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> All, or any who can help...
>
> I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
> receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the 
> file. The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). 
> However, what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) 
> between <base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML 
> headers or formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: 
> open the file, read the file into a byte array, and return the byte array. 
> I just want the byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff surrounding the 
> byte array.
>
> Can this be done? How?


First, please don't cross-post. Many people read all of the newsgroups you 
posted to, and will see your message several times.

Second, no, Web Services are about XML, so they'll return XML.
-- 
John Saunders [MVP]

"Kevin"  wrote in message 
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> All, or any who can help...
>
> I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
> receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the 
> file. The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). 
> However, what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) 
> between <base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML 
> headers or formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: 
> open the file, read the file into a byte array, and return the byte array. 
> I just want the byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff surrounding the 
> byte array.
>
> Can this be done? How?


First, please don't cross-post. Many people read all of the newsgroups you 
posted to, and will see your message several times.

Second, no, Web Services are about XML, so they'll return XML.
-- 
John Saunders [MVP]

Hi here,

It is bad to crosspost :@

Just off my head : you know the tag already why not just decode it, or  you 
can use the soap tool kits <- a compact framework ??, or you have a .Net COM 
dll connects to the web service. You have so many solutions for the problem.

-- 
cheers,
RL
"John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message 
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> "Kevin"  wrote in message 
> news:e5PgkLg2HHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> All, or any who can help...
>>
>> I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
>> receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the 
>> file. The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). 
>> However, what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) 
>> between <base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML 
>> headers or formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: 
>> open the file, read the file into a byte array, and return the byte 
>> array. I just want the byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff 
>> surrounding the byte array.
>>
>> Can this be done? How?
>
> First, please don't cross-post. Many people read all of the newsgroups you 
> posted to, and will see your message several times.
>
> Second, no, Web Services are about XML, so they'll return XML.
> -- 
> John Saunders [MVP]
> 

Hi here,

It is bad to crosspost :@

Just off my head : you know the tag already why not just decode it, or  you 
can use the soap tool kits <- a compact framework ??, or you have a .Net COM 
dll connects to the web service. You have so many solutions for the problem.

-- 
cheers,
RL
"John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message 
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> "Kevin"  wrote in message 
> news:e5PgkLg2HHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> All, or any who can help...
>>
>> I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
>> receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the 
>> file. The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). 
>> However, what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) 
>> between <base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML 
>> headers or formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: 
>> open the file, read the file into a byte array, and return the byte 
>> array. I just want the byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff 
>> surrounding the byte array.
>>
>> Can this be done? How?
>
> First, please don't cross-post. Many people read all of the newsgroups you 
> posted to, and will see your message several times.
>
> Second, no, Web Services are about XML, so they'll return XML.
> -- 
> John Saunders [MVP]
> 

Hi here,

It is bad to crosspost :@

Just off my head : you know the tag already why not just decode it, or  you 
can use the soap tool kits <- a compact framework ??, or you have a .Net COM 
dll connects to the web service. You have so many solutions for the problem.

-- 
cheers,
RL
"John Saunders [MVP]" <john.saunders at trizetto.com> wrote in message 
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> "Kevin"  wrote in message 
> news:e5PgkLg2HHA.4400@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> All, or any who can help...
>>
>> I have an application, written in eVC4, that connects to the Internet and 
>> receives a file via a web service. The request contains the name of the 
>> file. The WS reads the local file and sends back the byte array (stream). 
>> However, what I receive is an XML document, with the file (encoded) 
>> between <base64binary> tags. What I want is to get a raw file (no XML 
>> headers or formatting). The WS is written in VB.NET. It's very simple: 
>> open the file, read the file into a byte array, and return the byte 
>> array. I just want the byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff 
>> surrounding the byte array.
>>
>> Can this be done? How?
>
> First, please don't cross-post. Many people read all of the newsgroups you 
> posted to, and will see your message several times.
>
> Second, no, Web Services are about XML, so they'll return XML.
> -- 
> John Saunders [MVP]
> 

Kevin  wrote in
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> It's very simple: open the file, read 
> the file into a byte array, and return the byte array. I just want the
> byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff surrounding the byte array.


If you want a straight byte array - create a socket server.

With web services, take a look at MTOM - it allows you to transfer large 
files efficently over WS. It's part of WSE 3.0.

Kevin  wrote in
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> It's very simple: open the file, read 
> the file into a byte array, and return the byte array. I just want the
> byte array...not the rest of the XML stuff surrounding the byte array.


If you want a straight byte array - create a socket server.

With web services, take a look at MTOM - it allows you to transfer large 
files efficently over WS. It's part of WSE 3.0.