sending complex type problem (soap)

[muli_treiber]

Hi,
i have got a problem with a webservice (jira). i`m working with the ms soap toolkit 3.0. Sending and receiving simple types is no problem (they will be mapped to simple types in vb6) also receiving complex types is no problem (they will be mapped to a xmlNodelist).
But i need to send a complex type and i dont know how to do it. I`ve got the wsdl file of the webservice where every type is defined but i dont know exactly how to build this complex type out of the wsdl-definition.
So far i see 2 possible ways for this:
a.)
I define a class somewhere for this type, this would be the vs2005 approach. (I dont know which elements in vb6 are equivalent to which elements in the wsdl-definition)
b.)
I build a raw xml soap message. (I dont know how the message should look like, especially the complex-type parameter)

I tried both ways and different variations but i always get an error with the complex-type parameter.
This is my complex type and operation i want to use (copied out of http://jira.atlassian.com/rpc/soap/j...ervice-v2?wsdl)

<complexType name="RemoteFieldValue">
  <sequence>
    <element name="id" nillable="true" type="xsd:string" /> 
    <element name="values" nillable="true" type="impl:ArrayOf_xsd_string" /> 
  </sequence>
</complexType>
...
<wsdl:message name="progressWorkflowActionRequest">
  <wsdl:part name="in0" type="xsd:string" /> 
  <wsdl:part name="in1" type="xsd:string" /> 
  <wsdl:part name="in2" type="xsd:string" /> 
  <wsdl:part name="in3" type="impl:ArrayOf_tns1_RemoteFieldValue" /> 
</wsdl:message>
...
<wsdl:operation name="progressWorkflowAction" parameterOrder="in0 in1 in2 in3">
  <wsdl:input message="impl:progressWorkflowActionRequest" name="progressWorkflowActionRequest" /> 
  <wsdl:output message="impl:progressWorkflowActionResponse" name="progressWorkflowActionResponse" /> 
  <wsdl:fault message="impl:RemoteException" name="RemoteException" /> 
</wsdl:operation>
...
<wsdl:operation name="progressWorkflowAction">
  <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction="" /> 
  <wsdl:input name="progressWorkflowActionRequest">
  <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://soap.rpc.jira.atlassian.com" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:input>
  <wsdl:output name="progressWorkflowActionResponse">
  <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:output>
  <wsdl:fault name="RemoteException">
  <wsdlsoap:fault encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" name="RemoteException" namespace="http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:fault>
  </wsdl:operation>
  <wsdl:operation name="getIssueById">
  <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction="" /> 
  <wsdl:input name="getIssueByIdRequest">
  <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://soap.rpc.jira.atlassian.com" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:input>
  <wsdl:output name="getIssueByIdResponse">
  <wsdlsoap:body encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" namespace="http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:output>
  <wsdl:fault name="RemotePermissionException">
  <wsdlsoap:fault encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" name="RemotePermissionException" namespace="http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:fault>
  <wsdl:fault name="RemoteAuthenticationException">
  <wsdlsoap:fault encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" name="RemoteAuthenticationException" namespace="http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:fault>
  <wsdl:fault name="RemoteException">
  <wsdlsoap:fault encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" name="RemoteException" namespace="http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2" use="encoded" /> 
  </wsdl:fault>
</wsdl:operation>
...

So how to build a message or a class out of this ?

In vs 2005 this is no problem because the environment is receiving the wsdl file and it builds classes for the complex types so you can use it as normal objects.

Does anybody got an idea how to solve this? Or does anybody know where to ask this else? If u need more details just ask.

Thank you.

[msanchez]

Hopefully these SOAP resources will help with your complex types. It includes some VB related info as well.

http://www.pocketsoap.com/pocketsoap...plex_types.htm

http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/VB.NET/Ca...-with-SOAP-30/

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/ASP/A...g-ASP-and-VB6/

Good luck,

[maca]

Have you found how to send complex types with MSSOAP 3.0. I have the same problem since I have to send xml string when I call web service.


Thank you in advance for your reply,
Maca