Hi,
I'm looking for DPWS web services capabilities embedded in these two frameworks, I'm
pretty sure that CF 2.0 doesn't have any web service capability but what for the
next step of compact framework (I guess 3.5 from what I read)
Will it be possible to make DPWS devices directly with compact framework
Thanks
CF 2 & 3 DPWS Web services capabilities
Jeanvo
In fact DPWS devices should not relies on OS, we've written a DPWS implemantation wich does not relies on OS. All server code is generated and is self-sufficient the OS only provides threading and socket capabilities.
DPWS is a special case of web services and could not be seen as web services hosted by something like Tomcat or IIS. A DPWS device is its own web server and does not relies on any other server, maybe the topic title should be changed…
[EDIT] first topic edited for clearly address DPWS capabilities
@Michael
Thanks for the answer that what I was thinkingHassan Ayoub
the .NET CF is only capable of consuming web services. I'm not aware that this is going to change with the upcomming version to be shipped in 'orcas'.
Windows CE does provide a web server (which is avaliable on Windows Mobile 2003 and 5.0 as additional server component). The general embedded version of Windows CE ships with support for hosting web services (native code only).
If you're using Windows Mobile: you could write an ISAPI extension as outlined in the following post: http://blogs.msdn.com/cenet/archive/2006/08/23/715468.aspx
Michael
dougzhoez
if you'll note on the WSDAPI pages in MSDN:
Run-Time Requirements
Client applications using WSDAPI run on Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn".
This API requires OS support. Any sort of API like this would require OS support. Unfortunately that limits you -- it's not a matter of whether or not the Compact Framework supports it.
Gravy
are you talking about PROVIDING or CONSUMING web services
1.0 and 2.0 can both already consume web services ... it's a pretty regularly used method for making otherwise unavailable resources available to NETCF ...
if you're talking about PROVIDING web services ... well, first off, you'd need a web server running on the device to begin with ... since there's no IIS for devices (as far as I'm aware) I'd have to wonder where you'd be serving a service from ...
TICarson
In fact that's somethig related to DPWS capabilities, not simple standard web services