.NET Web Services Solutions -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction: Why Web Services Will Drive the Growth of the Web -- Where .NET Comes into Play -- What You Are Going to Learn -- Part I: Laying the Foundation -- Chapter 1: Taking Web Services for a Test Drive -- What's a Web Service? -- Understanding Operations That Are Well Suited for Web Services -- Retrieving Weather Information -- Using a Web Service 101 -- Retrieving Stock Quotes -- Retrieving Book Information -- Retrieving Caller-ID Information -- Retrieving Traffic Information -- Retrieving Airport Information -- Where to Find Web Services on the Web -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Creating Your First Web Services -- Getting Started with the Hello Web Service -- Changing the Hello Web Service -- Remembering What Makes a Good Web Service -- Passing Parameters to a Web Service -- Returning a Non-String Value from a Web Service -- Handling Multiple Parameters in a Web Service Method -- Changing Parameter Values within a Web Service Method -- Getting a Feel for Web Service Overhead -- Passing an Array of Values to a Web Service -- Changing Array Values in a Web Service -- Returning an Array of Values from a Web Service Method -- Returning a Structure from a Web Service -- Throwing an Exception within a Web Service -- Calling a Web Service from within a Web Service -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Accessing Web Services from within HTML Pages -- Understanding and Applying HTML Behaviors -- Calling a Web Service -- Handling Web Service Errors -- Using a Web Service As a Proxy -- Using the Google Web Service -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Looking Behind the Scenes at Web Service Protocols -- XML 101 -- Understanding the Web Service Description Language (WSDL) -- Thinking About How Visual Studio .NET Uses a WSDL Document -- Understanding the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

Test Driving Web Services Methods within Your Browser -- Taking a Quick Look at Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Looking at Key Operations -- Using the Application Object -- Using the Session Object -- Storing and Retrieving Cookie-Based Data -- Revisiting Session Objects -- Using Server Variables -- Removing a Web Service from an Application -- Summary -- Part II: Publishing Your .NET Web Services -- Chapter 6: Making .NET Web Services Available to Others -- Preparing to Publish Your Web Service -- Understanding Universal Description Discovery Integration (UDDI) -- Helping Other Programmers Discover Your Web Services -- Understanding the .map File -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Connecting Web Services to Databases -- Becoming Familiar with ADO.NET Operations -- Using a Web Service to Interact with a Database -- Performing Database Operations from within an HTML Page -- Taking a Look at ADO.NET's Behind-the-Scenes Use of XML -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Authenticating Users within .NET Services -- Allowing and Controlling Anonymous Access -- Understanding Basic Authentication -- Understanding Digest Authentication -- Understanding Windows Integrated Authentication -- Understanding Forms Authentication -- Understanding Certificate-Based Authentication -- Providing Username and Password Information from within an Application -- Using the Web.config File to Configure Security Settings -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Securing Communication between a Web Service and a Client -- Understanding the Threat -- Encrypting HTTP Messages Using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) -- Configuring a Web Server to Support Secure SSL-Based Connections -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Extending the Lines of Communication -- Sending an E-Mail Message with .NET -- Using a Web Service to Provide E-Mail Access -- Building an Online Chat Web Service.

Building a Chat Client -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Integrating Binary Data into .NET Web Services -- Understanding the Process of Working with Binary Data -- Returning an Image File from a Web Service -- Providing Multimedia Files Using a Web Service -- Receiving a Binary File Using a Web Service -- Uploading a Binary File to a Web Service -- Summary -- Part III: Advanced Concepts -- Chapter 12: Examining Key Web Service Files -- Taking a Quick Look at a Web Service's Support Files -- Using the AssemblyInfo File to Customize Assembly Settings -- Revisiting a Web Service's .asmx Files -- Using Global.asax to Specify Startup, Termination, and Request Processing -- Using the Web.config File to Customize Application Settings -- Using the .WebInfo File to Move a Web Service -- Using the .vsdisco File to Control a Web Service's Discovery -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Unlocking Remote Access -- Providing Excel and Word Files Using a Web Service -- Making Remote File Access More Flexible -- Helping a Remote User Locate a File on the Server -- Locating and E-Mailing a File -- Allowing a Web Service to Access Files on a User's PC -- Using a Web Service to Coordinate a Shared File's Use -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Improving Web Page Performance -- Understanding the Big Picture (AKA How Programs Use Your Web Service) -- Using Events to Monitor Web Service Operations -- Using Caching to Improve Web Service Performance -- Using Asynchronous Web Services -- Summary -- Chapter 15: Making Money with Web Services -- Preparing the Database -- Offering and Managing User Keys -- Allowing Users to Upgrade a Web Service -- Handling Lost Keys -- Restricting a Web Service to 30 Days' Use -- Restricting a Web Service to Specific Hours of the Day -- Restricting the Number of Calls to a Web Service Each Day -- Billing on a Per-Use Basis -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Putting It All Together.

Understanding How the Jobs Web Service Works -- Building the Jobs Web Service -- Retrieving Resumes and Job Opportunities -- Summary -- Index.