Is it possible to change the properties of a WebReference in run-time?

Question

I am trying to come up with such a solution that the user is going to enter the URL of a web-service and it is going to be tested.

Although what I want is a URL change, I guarantee the Service Description is always going to be the same (except the wsdl:service tag of course which contains the soap:address); I just want to test different customers, running the same service.

This is the first question I've asked at SO. It dates back to 17 Oct 2008. The question that is said to be asked before is asked on 8 Jun 2010. I think this question is not duplicate, the other one is. — tafa, Aug 20 '14 at 07:02

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '08 at 09:10

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yes you can. just change the url property of the service proxy before calling any methods on it.

answered Oct 17 '08 at 09:10

Joachim Kerschbaumer

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Oh, my. All I needed was an instance, what I was looking at was the type. – tafa Oct 17 '08 at 09:24

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 17 '08 at 09:11

Yes; every web-service proxy offers a way to do this; with pre-WCF proxies (including WSEx) the address is the Url property on the proxy class - just change it before you do anything interesting with the proxy.

With WCF, I believe you specify the endpoint-address via one of the constructors.

So just generate your proxy from your reference wsdl, and off you go ;-p

Is it possible to change the properties of a WebReference in run-time?

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