web service on a standalone (with no localhost)

is it possible to include a web service dll with your application and
call its' methods without having an internet or localhost connection?
I realize the whole point of web services is the connect thru a server
(remotely or locally), but say you've created a big web service dll
and would like to include it in an application that would run on a
customer pc with no IIS running? is it possible with or without
work-arounds?

thanks...Eych,

No, you'll have to take the code and use it in the application without it
being defined as a web service.

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche

"Eych" <eycheych@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9a8dd489.0311201129.7b14b4c9@.posting.google.c om...
> is it possible to include a web service dll with your application and
> call its' methods without having an internet or localhost connection?
> I realize the whole point of web services is the connect thru a server
> (remotely or locally), but say you've created a big web service dll
> and would like to include it in an application that would run on a
> customer pc with no IIS running? is it possible with or without
> work-arounds?
> thanks...
thanks, I figured that'd be the case...however, someone was saying
that I could add the dll that's automatically created by building the
project as a regular reference and use the web service that way...I
tried, but I don't have access to the methods in my web service, just
some generic ones (New, Finalize, Dispose, etc.)

"S. Justin Gengo" <sjgengo@.aboutfortunate.com> wrote in message news:<edRLFi6rDHA.1888@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> Eych,
> No, you'll have to take the code and use it in the application without it
> being defined as a web service.
> --
> Sincerely,
> S. Justin Gengo, MCP
> Web Developer / Programmer
> Free code library at:
> www.aboutfortunate.com
> "Out of chaos comes order."
> Nietzche
>
> "Eych" <eycheych@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9a8dd489.0311201129.7b14b4c9@.posting.google.c om...
> > is it possible to include a web service dll with your application and
> > call its' methods without having an internet or localhost connection?
> > I realize the whole point of web services is the connect thru a server
> > (remotely or locally), but say you've created a big web service dll
> > and would like to include it in an application that would run on a
> > customer pc with no IIS running? is it possible with or without
> > work-arounds?
> > thanks...
Eych,

I just found this article and thought of your question.

The article is about how you can use cassini web server to run an asp.net
app from a cdrom. Not that you would want to run your web service from a
cdrom, but if you can run a web site from a cdrom you should be able to use
a similar technique to run it from a file on the hard drive...

http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/m...ostaspnet2.mspx

--
Sincerely,

S. Justin Gengo, MCP
Web Developer / Programmer

Free code library at:
www.aboutfortunate.com

"Out of chaos comes order."
Nietzche

"Eych" <eycheych@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9a8dd489.0311210616.47b14c71@.posting.google.c om...
> thanks, I figured that'd be the case...however, someone was saying
> that I could add the dll that's automatically created by building the
> project as a regular reference and use the web service that way...I
> tried, but I don't have access to the methods in my web service, just
> some generic ones (New, Finalize, Dispose, etc.)
>
> "S. Justin Gengo" <sjgengo@.aboutfortunate.com> wrote in message
news:<edRLFi6rDHA.1888@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> > Eych,
> > No, you'll have to take the code and use it in the application without
it
> > being defined as a web service.
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> > S. Justin Gengo, MCP
> > Web Developer / Programmer
> > Free code library at:
> > www.aboutfortunate.com
> > "Out of chaos comes order."
> > Nietzche
> > "Eych" <eycheych@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:9a8dd489.0311201129.7b14b4c9@.posting.google.c om...
> > > is it possible to include a web service dll with your application and
> > > call its' methods without having an internet or localhost connection?
> > > I realize the whole point of web services is the connect thru a server
> > > (remotely or locally), but say you've created a big web service dll
> > > and would like to include it in an application that would run on a
> > > customer pc with no IIS running? is it possible with or without
> > > work-arounds?
> > > > thanks...