ANNOUNCE: SOAP Toolkit 3.0 Released

Version 3.0 of the SOAP Toolkit has been released and is available for
download from [1]!=20

The major features in the Microsoft SOAP Toolkit 3.0 release are as
follows:=20

* Send and receive DIME attachments. Attachments are the most efficient
way to send data such as pictures, XML documents, and large amounts of
text, for example. See the "Handling Attachments" topic in the help file
for more information.=20

* "Generic Type Mapper" (GTM) is now provided. The GTM can map data to
and from the public properties of a COM object and the XML in a SOAP
message. The WSDL Wizard automatically generates WSDL and WSML that
describes complex types and registers those types for use with the GTM.
See the "Using the Generic Type Mapper" topic in the help file for more
information.=20

* SOAPVDIR.CMD script is installed in the MSSOAPBinaries folder. This
script can be used to create an IIS virtual directory properly
configured to use the SOAP Toolkit 3.0 ISAPI listener and configure an
existing virtual directory to use the 3.0 ISAPI listener.=20

* WSDL and XML Schema "import" and "include" elements support.=20

* "One way" message support. These are simply messages for which no
response is expected. They are identified in the WSDL by the absence of
an "output" message for an operation.=20

* Use the SoapInvokeEx method to pass a server object instance to the
SoapServer object from an ASP page. For example, this allows you to
initialize the server object with information taken from the Request ASP
object, Session or Application collections.=20

* ElementFormDefault and form attributes are now correctly used when
generating and parsing document/literal format SOAP messages.=20

* Replace the built-in type mappers with a custom type mapper.=20

* Source for the SOAP Messaging Object (SMO) framework classes is now
installed with the SOAP Toolkit Samples. The SMO Wizard is no longer
part of the SOAP Toolkit release.=20

* IXMLDOMNodeList parameters can now contain attribute nodes. The
attributes will be added to the parameter element in the SOAP message.=20

* WSDL Wizard now generates a "client"-side WSML file in addition to the
"server"-side WSML. The Client WSML file only contains client-side type
mapper information and does not reveal any information about the
server-side object.=20

* WSDL Wizard now allows you to save settings in a configuration
file-and restore those settings when you regenerate WSDL for a
particular server object.

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Mike Deem
Program Manager
SOAP Toolkit
Microsoft Corporation

[1]
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