is a 'namespace' but is used as a 'type'

[Webskater]

I'm playing at trying to get a web service to work following a tutorial.

So I have a solution with two projects - one a web service the other a windows app.

The web service 'runs' okay. This is the code for the web service:

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Web;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;
using System.ComponentModel;

namespace WebService1
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Summary description for Service1
    /// </summary>
    [WebService(Namespace = "http://localhost/")]
    [WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo = WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)]
    [ToolboxItem(false)]
    public class Service1 : System.Web.Services.WebService
    {

        [WebMethod]

        public DateTime GetServerTime()
        {

            return DateTime.Now;

        }
    }
}

I'm trying now to call the web service from the windows app. I have a form with a text box and button on it. I have also added a web reference - this opened a window where I could 'select web services in this solution' - it found 'Service1' (which is the class name above) and named the reference 'fred'. This is the code for the form.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using WebDemoClient.fred;


namespace WebDemoClient
{
    public partial class WebDemoClient : Form
    {
        public WebDemoClient()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void cmdServerTime_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            fred oService = new fred();

            this.txtServerTime.Text = oService.GetServerTime().ToString();

            this.txtServerTime.Text = fred.GetServerTime().ToString();

        }
    }
}

When I typed the line in red above - after I had typed WebDemoClient (which is the namespace of the windows app project) when I typed the full stop intellisense displayed the choices of
{}fred
{}properties

... so I guess it knows what fred is.

However when I try to build it, it falls over on the line in blue. It says

WebDemoClient.fred is a 'namespace' but is used like a 'type'

What am I doing wrong. It seems the form can 'see' the web service but I am not referencing it properly.

Thanks for any help.

[effekt26]

does the name space 'WebDemoClient.fred' actually contain a Class called fred....

so, without namespace declaration...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;


namespace WebDemoClient
{
    public partial class WebDemoClient : Form
    {
        public WebDemoClient()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void cmdServerTime_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            WebDemoClient.fred.fred oService = new WebDemoClient.fred.fred();

            this.txtServerTime.Text = oService.GetServerTime().ToString();

            this.txtServerTime.Text = WebDemoClient.fred.fred.GetServerTime().ToString();

        }
    }
}

hope this helps...or even makes sense..

[Webskater]

Thanks for your reply.

There is no class named Fred in the web service. The class is called Service1.

If in the declarations I type ...

using WebDemoClient. - as soon as I type the dot intellisense displays a box that provides the choices ...

{}fred
{}properties

So I guess it can 'see' the web service.

However, if in the function I start to type ...

WebDemoClient. intellisense does not show anything

So, although it found 'fred' when typing the declaration, it doesn't find it when trying to reference it in a function.

Thanks for your help.

[mendhak]

What happens when you type WebDemoClient.fred and continue with a dot? Do this in the servertime_click method.

[Webskater]

What happens when you type WebDemoClient.fred and continue with a dot? Do this in the servertime_click method.

Nothing - there is nothing there.

Could you explain 'Do this in the servertime_click method' please. No idea what you mean.

Cheers.

[mendhak]

In here:

private void cmdServerTime_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

Is where I meant that you should attempt to investigate what is available in intellisense.

Now, you say there's nothing, so I think we should have a look at your proxy class. You can go to your web references and double click on it (I think, might be right click-view code) and you will see the proxy class generated for your web reference. Have a look at it. Look at the accessor levels, are they private or public?