Error adding web reference to project - asp.net

I need to add web reference to ASP.NET project, but unfortunately I got error:
There was an error downloading 'http://isapi.somehost.com/soapclient/soapclient.php?URL=http://isapi.mekashron.com/SmartHD/MekashronTV.dll%2Fwsdl%2FISmartHD/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/$metadata'.
The request failed with the error message:
--
object(SoapFault)#3 (9) {
["message":protected]=>
strin
Is there any ways to fix it?

Can you post the exact exception you got to help you further.
But couple of initial thoughts.
ASP.NEt is not able to get the WSDL to generate a proxy class. You ight need to check permissions.
If it is WCF service try to add service reference.
Thanks

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What is the best way to debug production error templates?

I am trying to create pretty error pages for my application by following this cookbook article. Sometimes a bug slips in, which causes the application to return a single line: 503 Service Unavailable. It would make my life a whole lot easier if only I could see the underlying error or exception thrown. Switching over to the development environment doesn't help either as the error templates are only used in production.
I figured out that I needed to add TwigBundle to assetic's configuration to use javascript and css assets. Problems like this are really hard to debug in the production environment.
Setting the debug mode to true in my front controller doesn't help, since production error templates get replaced by development templates.
EDIT
Thanks to Mike Purcell I managed to retrieve the errors provided. I got
Uncaught exception 'Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\ResourceNotFoundException' in /[snip]/app/cache/prod/appprodUrlMatcher.php:669
Turns out the framework should be handling the exception, but in the case of a possible error inside the error Twig template, it just decides to throw a 503 error.
How do I turn on error reporting for the production environment in a Symfony2 application?
I'm tired of guessing what's wrong and clearing the cache. What is the best way to debug Twig's error templates in production?
The best way to see what errors are being thrown in production is to configure Monolog to email the errors too you or alternatively to a file.
Have a look at the Symfony2 Cookbook on emailing logs http://symfony.com/doc/master/cookbook/logging/monolog_email.html
To make the error pages look nicer have a look at this cookbook entry on how to do that http://symfony.com/doc/master/cookbook/controller/error_pages.html
There are open source tools specifically built for error reporting like Sentry, which has a native Symfony client.
disclaimer: I work for Sentry

asp.net web service, Error Generating XML Document

I've created an asp.net web service and am trying to test it using my client. The web method I'm currently testing returns a custom object named GetAllTicketsSinceLastPullDateResult, which contains one ArrayList of custom clsTrip objects, and a custom object called FaultResponse. This is how I'm using my client:
ServiceReference1.ServiceSoapClient myClient = new ServiceReference1.ServiceSoapClient();
ServiceReference1.GetAllTicketsSinceLastPullDateResult result = new ServiceReference1.GetAllTicketsSinceLastPullDateResult();
result = myClient.getAllTicketsSinceLastPullDate(myUser);
But I get the following error:
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: There was an error generating the XML document. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: The type clsTicket was not expected. Use the XmlInclude or SoapInclude attribute to specify types that are not known statically.
I Google the error and most of the answers I find have to do with serializing derived classes. But my clsTicket class is not a derived class. What can be causing this error? How do I use XmlInclude or SoapInclude?
Thanks in advance!
Okay I finally got it to work, I ended up putting the following line:
[XmlInclude(typeof(clsTicket))]
Between [WebMethod] and my method's definition. So far so good.
I don't think you need to 'new' result:
ServiceReference1.GetAllTicketsSinceLastPullDateResult result;
result = myClient.getAllTicketsSinceLastPullDate(myUser);
Also, how do you know the error isn't on the server?
Can you call the function with a web browser?
Have you updated your service since initially adding the reference to your project? If you're using Visual Studio's "Add Web Reference" feature and you update the service, often times there is a configuration or parameter chance, which can generate SOAP errors.
Try right clicking on the Web Service in question through visual studio and select "Update" option. Recompile the app and see if that resolves your issue.

ASP.Net MissingMethodException - "ctor" method not found

We are getting intermittent problems on a production server that we cannot recreate.
There are two very strange things about the issue. Firstly it's a method not found error on the constructor (ctor) for an exception handling helper class and secondly we have custom errors switched on for remote users and this property is being ignored.
The detail of the error is:
Server Error in '/MyWebsite' Application.
Method not found: 'Void MyExceptionHelperClass..ctor (System.Exception)'.
...
Exception Details: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Void MyExceptionHelperClass..ctor (System.Exception)'.
...
The stack trace is pretty unhelpful.
My thoughts are that there may be an out-of-memory error or something like that that is killing the page. When the exception handling code kicks in it tries to create an exception object which fails for the same reason giving this error.
However this is wild speculation. We are waiting for the event logs to see whether anything is amiss with the server but in the meantime does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?
UPDATE:
It has proven difficult to get information out of the team responsible for the production servers but I have managed to find out that as far as load balancing is concerned, this site is currently only running on one server (this can be made to switch over onto another if necessary). Given that this is an intermittent problem and there is only one server involved, then I find it difficult to believe that this could be an assembly issue. Surely if it was then the problem would occur every time?
If you see this error happening on a site that has custom errors turned on, then the error is happening in the custom error handling routine itself.
From the look of the .NET error message it appears that your routine is expecting a constructor that accepts an exception by reference - your comment above shows a constructor that accepts by value.
Check carefully that there isn't a stale version of an assembly in your system somewhere. These can lurk in the Temporary ASP.NET Files folder; you'll need to do an "iisreset /stop" before you can clear them out.
In that regard it's always a good idea to make sure that AssemblyInfo.cs is set up to automatically stamp version numbers in some way. We have our version numbers tied to our source code repository system and CI build box so we can tell exactly what was in what assembly really easily.
I would use elmah: http://code.google.com/p/elmah/ to hopefully give you a bit more insight into the issue. It is free and can be used on an existing site without any recompilation. Try it - and post back if the issue is still happening.
As others have also mentioned, I would suspect that your site is somehow using an out of date version of an assembly. Something you could try doing is a full Precompile of your site before deploying to your production server. This ensures that ASP .Net doesn't dynamically compile the site on the fly, and therefore should mean that it's using completely up to date code throughout.
Do you have a no parameter public constructor defined for MyExceptionHelperClass in your code? Or is the class meant to only have static methods, in which case it should be a static class.
public class MyExceptionHelperClass()
{
public MyExceptionHelperClass() { }
}
Unfortunately, this may be one of those cases where the error message is of little to no value. In my experience, this general class of exception may be the result of either a configuration issue or bad logic aroung threading/app domains. For example, I have seen similar issues upon attempting to load the same assembly into an app domain more than once.
You mention that this is difficult to reproduce. If it's only happening on one server in the production farm it's more likely to be a config issue (with that machine). If it's happening on more than one server than it could be either config or threading.
It might be worth spending some time looking at the larger code base around the areas mentioned above. The root cause may not be in this class. Good luck!
I think it's a Framework issue with keeping compiled versions consistency. It's common to see same sort of errors while updating site sources repeatedly. Just try something like
net stop iisadmin /y && del /q /f /s "%systemroot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\*.*" && iisreset
I encountered this exception today on a webforms page. I found a solution, but I'm not sure why it worked.
Nest the code behind in a 'Namespace [YourNamespace]' tag.
Add the namespace to the html Page tag's Inherits property in the aspx page 'Inherits="PathStart.YourNameSpace.ClassName"'.
Rebuild
Navigate to the page again and you should not encounter the exception.
After following the steps above I reverted the changes and did not re-encounter the exception.

silverlight error - the opreation is not supported for a relative uri

I've just started developing silverlight applications. I've created a webserivce in my asp.net project. Now, when I try to connect to it through my silverlight project I receive the following error:
"the opreation is not supported for a relative uri"
I am using the following url -->
http://192.168.1.2/MyWebsite/SubVersionedHistory.svc
I can find the class and its methods, but I receive this horrific error when I add it.
Thank you for your help and advice,
Vondiplo
I don't think you're alone in hitting this problem. I hit it today with VS2008SP1 + SL2 trying to create a Service Reference for an ADO.NET Data Service. First time I've hit the error.
Others have detailed similar experiences to reach this error:
http://silverlight.net/forums/t/87535.aspx
http://silverlight.net/forums/t/56629.aspx
It's not entirely clear at this point if the issue is with the IDE "Add Service Reference" dialog or something specific in the services causing this error. In my case, however, my code still worked despite the error message. I simply passed the URL to my service in the constructor of my DataService proxy client, like this:
var context = new DataServiceContext(new Uri("NorthwindDataService.svc", UriKind.Relative));
Summary point: Just because you hit this error in the IDE, your service reference may still work. Give it a try and let us know if you're seeing errors at run time.
Hope that helps.
[UPDATE] Based on some other advice I've found and tested, you can also try:
deleting your Service Reference
deleting your ServiceReferences.ClientConfig file
saving your solution
and then closing and reopening it in VS.
The simple act of closing and reopening your project has been shown to fix several problems with the Add Service wizard. Re-run the Add Service Ref wizard and you may have better luck. I personally tested this solution on a project today and can confirm it works. Hope that adds extra help to finding your solution.
You should be more specific about your problem. For example, are you having this problem when adding the reference or when you actually try to consume the service?
It sounds like you need to be using a full path, including the "http://" but that is just a shot in the dark based on the error message you provide.
[edit]If you are using the built in ASP.NET server instead of IIS then be sure you set a specific port number and use it in your path. For example, I have used http://localhost:4940/MyService.svc for testing[/edit]
Maybe this response can help you
You cannot use AbsolutePath, You need to use AbsoluteURL. Build your URL this way:
Uri url = new Uri(App.Current.Host.Source, "../settings.xml");client.DownloadStringAsync(url);
http://silverlight.net/forums/p/28912/95541.aspx
HTH
Braulio
Check the ServiceReferences.ClientConfig
if there are multiple endpoints there you will get this exception. one thing that can cause this is referencing a service using casini, later switiching to IIS express and rereferencing the service.

Method 'XYZ' cannot be reflected

We have consumed a third party web service and are trying to invoke it from an ASP.NET web application.
However when I instantiate the web service the following System.InvalidOperationException exception is thrown:
Method 'ABC.XYZ' can not be reflected.
System.InvalidOperationException:
Method 'ABC.XYZ' can not be reflected.
---> System.InvalidOperationException: The XML element 'MyDoc' from namespace
'http://mysoftware.com/ns' references
a method and a type. Change the
method's message name using
WebMethodAttribute or change the
type's root element using the
XmlRootAttribute.
From what I can gather there appears to be some ambiguity between a method and a type in the web service.
Can anyone clarify the probably cause of this exception and is there anything I can do to rectify this or should I just go to the web service owners to rectify?
Edit: Visual Studio 2008 has created the proxy class. Unfortunately I can't provide a link to the wsdl as it is a web service for a locally installed thrid party app.
I ran into the same problem earlier today.
The reason was - the class generated by Visual Studio and passed as a parameter into one of the methods did not have a default parameterless constructor. Once I have added it, the error had gone.
It seems the problem is down to data type issues between VS and the web service that was written in Java.
Ultimately it was fixed by manually editing the class and schema files that were created by VS.
I have come across the exact same problem when I was consuming a 3rd party web service. The problem in this instance was that the mustUndertand property in the reference file was looking for a Boolean, whereby the namespace property looked for a string.
By looking through the reference i was able to idenitfy the offending property and simply add "overrides" to the method signature.
Not ideal as any time you update the service you have to do this but I couldn't find any other way around this.
To find the reference file select "all files" from the solution explorer
Hope this helps
I'm guessing the wsdl emitted by or supplied with the service is not in a form that wsdl.exe or serviceutil can understand - can you post the wsdl or link to it?
how are you creating the proxy classes?
Also you might like to try and validate the wsdl against the wsdl schema to check its valid
In my case I was getting a "method cannot be reflected" error due to that fact that in the class being returned by method, I had failed to expose a default parameter-less constructor.
I was working in VB.NET. In my return class I had declared a "New(..)" method that took a couple parameters (because that is how I wanted to use it in my code). But by doing so, I had supressed the default (hidden) parameterless New() constructor that VB adds behind the scenes. Apparently the web service handler requires that a parameterless constructor be available. As soon as I added back into my class a parameterless New() constructor, it all worked fine.
I got the same message but mine was caused by a missing System.Runtime.Serialization.dll since I tried to run a 3.5 application on a machine with only .NET 2.0 installed.
I had the same issue but I found that one of the WebMethod parameters has a member that is of type interface that is why VS could not serialise it. here is the exception when trying to download the disco file
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot serialize member
'Leopard.JobDespatchParameters.SendingUser'
of type 'Leopard.Interfaces.IUser', see inner exception for more
details. ---> System.NotSupportedException: Cannot serialize member
Leopard.JobDespatchParameters.SendingUser
of type Leopard.Interfaces.IUser because it is an interface.
Old thread but I had a different issue, Maybe of help to someone. referenced dlls were mixed up between two versions on data layer and service layer that caused the problem.
Another scenario where this error can happen: I simply had another web method with the same name (but different parameters)in my web service that slipped in during a code merge. After I deleted the old method it worked.

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