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Chapter 2 Getting Started with the Lab Manager SOAP API
Instructions for Using Microsoft Visual Studio with Lab Manager
WSDL
MicrosoftVisualStudioprogramminglanguagesaccesstheLabManagerWebservice
APIthroughobjectsthatserveasproxiesfortheirserver‐sidecounterparts.
WhenaccessingXMLWebservicesinmanagedcode,aproxyclassandthe.NET
Frameworkhandlealloftheinfrastructurecoding.
BeforeyoucanusetheLabManager
WebserviceAPIwithVisualStudio,youmustfirst
generatetheproxyclassobjectfromtheWSDLfile.
VisualStudioprovidesawizard(“AddaWebReference”)toconnecttoaWebservice
andgeneratethenecessaryartifacts.YoucanaddaWebreferencetoanexisting
applicationorcreatea
newapplicationinVisualStudio.
TheinstructionsbelowarespecifictoMicrosoftVisualStudio2003.
To add a Web reference
1FromtheWindowsStartmenu,launchMicrosoftVisualStudio.NET2003.
TheVisualStudioenvironmentopens.
2 SelectNewProjecttocreateanewproject,orselectOpentoopenanexisting
project.
3InVisualStudio,choose
AddWebReferencefromtheProjectmenu.
4IntheURLtextbox,typetheURLtoobtaintheservicedescriptionoftheLab
ManagerWebservice:
https://<hostname>/LabManager/SOAP/LabManager.asmx
5ClickGo.
ThecertificateexchangebetweentheLabManagerserverandthedevelopment
environmentclientbegins.Asecurityalertdisplaysthedetailsofthecertificate
sentfromtheserver.
6ClickYestoproceed.
N
OTE ThesecurityalertmessagesaregeneratedwhentheLabManagerserveruses
thedefault,self‐signedcertificates.Youcanreplacethesecertificatesonthe
LabManagerserverwithcertificatespurchasedfromVerisign,Thawte,and
othercertificateauthorities.