[RESOLVED] ArrayList - Passed over a web service

[darth vador]

I'm writing a simple little web service.

Here are two functions from it:

<WebMethod()> _
    Public Function addTwoNums(ByVal numOne As Integer, ByVal numTwo As Integer) As Long
        addTwoNums = numOne + numTwo
        Return addTwoNums
    End Function
 
    <WebMethod()> _
    Public Function yadda() As ArrayList
        yadda = New ArrayList
        Dim str As String
        str = "one"
        yadda.Add(str)
        str = "two"
        yadda.Add(str)
        Return yadda
    End Function

On the other end I can use the addTwoNums() function fine.
But when I want to get the ArrayList from the service, I get an errors.
Here is the basic error.

Error 1 Value of type '1-dimensional array of Object' cannot be converted to 'System.Collections.ArrayList'.

Here is my code to suck down the arrayList()

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        Dim result As ArrayList
        result = thisServ.yadda()
    End Sub

I guess the arrayList is converted to a system.object when it is being consumed?? Can I not cast it back into an arrayList so I can run through the items returned??

I've tried CType over and over to no avail.

I'm wanting to get a list of data from the web service with one function call rather than have to create a function for each element of the service.