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Unable to add a reference of NAV web service to a .NET application

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Posted on by signonpankaj 55

Hi,

Iam trying to add a Service reference of a Nav Web Service to my .NET console application.

When i try to do this iam not able to add a reference and i get an error.

The error message is as follows:

There was an error downloading '192.168.9.215/.../AlfFail$metadata'.

I request you to kindly help me out on this.

Thanks in Advance,

Pankaj

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  • Tobias Strobelt Profile Picture
    Tobias Strobelt 152 on at

    Hi Pankaj,

    Can you please try to enable (if possible) NTLM authentication on your NAV service (Dynamics NAV Administration Console -> "Use NTLM Authentication"). Also please re-publish the webservice and check if the webservice is accessible through http in Internet Explorer.

    Best regards

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    keoma Profile Picture
    keoma 32,729 on at

    hi

    * be sure that you refer the nav webservice as .net web service and not as wcf service.

    inserting a new service reference in VS (>=2010) means in 1. instance a wcf service. the button for the web service is in the bottom left corner of the service reference dialog.

    * check in your as web service published nav object (hopefully a CU, not a page) the function parameters and the return type. be sure that the used parameters in the functions are all plain and simple. so, do not use array or other datatypes, that are not serializable. only use text, int, etc.

    best regards

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