Application #52. Transfer Binary Data from a Web Service
Capping off this three-part series on Web services is a fairly complex sample involving a Windows client application that displays images retrieved from a Web service. The sample ties into one package concepts and code that are sprinkled throughout the book. As such, what follows is not a comprehensive walkthrough, but rather a brief discussion of some key highlights.
The Web service exposes three Web methods. Browse returns an array of custom ImageInfo objects that contain information about images residing in a child images folder. This is used to fill a ListBox for selecting an image, as well as for displaying data such as image size and pixel format. GetImage accepts a filename and ...
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