I have an ASP.NET web application in Visual Studio 2015. I have updated it to consume web services from a third-party which has provided a WSDL file as follows:
- I copied the WSDL file to my project folder, and auto-generated the client code as follows: From my Windows Start menu, I opened "Developer Command Prompt for VS2015", changed directories to my project folder, and issued the wsdl.exe command (i.e., >wsdl partner.wsdl)
- A "partner.cs" file was created in my project folder at the same level as the wsdl file. I moved it to my App_Code folder.
- I then added the service reference by right- clicking the project in the Solution Explorer, then clicking "Add Service Reference". This adds the service endpoint to my web.config file, and adds the svcmap (a few files) to App_WebReferences.
The good news is that I am able to successfully consume the web services. The problem is that the web service endpoint address is hard-coded in the generated files in several places: "partner.cs" file generated from the WSDL (because WSDL had enpoint hard-coded), the web.config file, and the App_WebReferences files. I would like to have it specified in only one spot; e.g.., the web.config file, or even better, in my DB so I can set an Application variable when my application starts. I haven't been able to use an Application variable from these files, so I'm stuck, and wondering if I did something wrong in my steps outlined above to end up with endpoints in multiple spots.
I am deploying my application to customers, and would like them to have an easy time changing the endpoint (e.g., from test url to prod url).
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
