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YoucanreviewintroductoryinformationaboutusingtheLab ManagerSOAPAPIto
developanXMLWebserviceclient.AnXMLWebserviceclientisanycomponentor
applicationthatreferencesandusesanXMLWebservice.Thisdoesnotrequirea
clientbasedapplication.Inmanycases,XMLWebserviceclients
mightbeotherWeb
applications,suchasWebFormsorevenotherXMLWebservices.
Thischaptercoversthesetopics:
“Requirements”onpage 13
“ObtainingandImportingtheWSDL”onpage 14
“SimpleandAdvancedCodeSamples”onpage 16
Requirements
TheinstructionsinthischapterassumethataninstanceofLab Managerisinstalled,
configured,andrunningonyournetwork.Beforeyoucanstartdevelopingan
application,reviewtheserequirements:
YoumustknowtheaddressoftheLab Managerserverinstance,startingwithits
fullyqualifiedhostnameorIPaddress.Forexample:
https://hostname.company.com/LabManager
YoumusthaveanaccountonthetargetLab Managerserver.
AssumingyouhaveanappropriateaccountontheLab ManagerServer,youcan
continuewith“ObtainingandImportingtheWSDL”onpage 14.
Getting Started with the
Lab Manager SOAP API
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