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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.
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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.