File transfers

[Kevin]

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.

 

[John Saunders [MVP]]

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.

 

[Egghead]

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.

 

[Guest]

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.