|  SOAP
And Web Services
SOAP (Simple Object Access
Protocol) is a platform independent way of accessing services
using XML. It's like a function call in XML - decide which
function you want to call and what the parameters should be,
package this information in an XML format and send it to a
server, located anywhere in the Internet. The server then
executes this function and sends you the result, again packaged
as XML. This page gives you more information about SOAP and
Web Services, and in particular the Delphi implementation
Articles
from Agni
Using
ADO.NET datasets in Delphi(18
April 2002, Deepak Shenoy)
See how you can use a .NET dataset in Delphi, using XML Mapper
and TClientDataset. (Read)
Debugging
SOAP Data (27 March 2002, Deepak
Shenoy)
See your SOAP packet data go back and forth. Two approaches
to how you can take a deeper look. (Read)
Binary
File Transfer using SOAP(10
February 2002, Deepak Shenoy)
This paper talks about how you can upload and download binary
files using SOAP. Also included is a sample on how to compress
and decompress the transferred data. (Read)
Introduction to SOAP (Long ago, Deepak
Shenoy)
This paper gives you an introduction to SOAP, the protocol,
the stuff "behind the curtain" etc. Applies to SOAP.
(Read)
What's the deal?
So you might be thinking, "is this of any use to me"?
Or, "I need to Web-Service-Enable my project, What do
I do?" Feel free to mail us at webservices@agnisoft.com
any of your questions. We'll try and answer to the best of
our abilities.
Agni Software also provides
consulting and software development services on SOAP and Web
Services. Talk to us
for more information. Has this page been helpful to you? Suggestions?
Comments? Let us know! <webservices@agnisoft.com>
Other
Articles and links
Shiv
Kumar's Delphi Apostle
<http://www.matlus.com/>
Very nicely written site. Check out the "Tutorials"
link for some really neat tutorials on SOAP,ISAPI, and related
Web technologies.
Alessandro
Federici's DSOAP Site
<http://www.msdelphi.com/>
Another well written site, has papers on using the MS SOAP
SDK with Delphi, and a full framework in Delphi for using
it (DSOAP).
Dr.
Bob's Dynamic Soap Paper generator
<http://www.drbob42.com/soap/index.htm>
Borland's
Community site
Unofficial
SOAP Fixes
<http://dn.codegear.com/article/28514>
Using
SOAP without a Web server
<http://dn.codegear.com/article/27513>
Developing
Web Services with Borland/Intel
<http://dn.codegear.com/article/28378>
SOAP
at W3C
<http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/>
SOAP
on Apache
<http://xml.apache.org/soap/>
W3C
Soap Note
<http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/>
Microsoft
and SOAP
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/soap/Develop.com
SOAP FAQ>
Borland
Delphi
<http://www.borland.com/delphi>
Web
services available(xmethods)
<http://www.xmethods.net/>
Lucin
Salcentral
<http://www.salcentral.com/>
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