About Web Services and C++ on Windows platform

Final version of WWSAPI for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and my plans

NikolaD — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:40:00 GMT

In today's post: Check out this post that announces availability of the final version of WWSAPI runtime for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. This version corresponds to the one released in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.Please make...(read more)

New article on connecting native C++ code and WCF web services

NikolaD — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:17:30 GMT

Nishant Sivakumar has put together a great article describing how to use WWSAPI to build native code clients to WCF services and how to implement web services in native C++ code using WWSAPI. You may find it on code codeproject.com . Thanks Nish!...(read more)

Quick follow up on the talk during TechReady9

NikolaD — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:12:59 GMT

If you had a chance to attend my talk during TechReady9, you may find below the links to the content I have mentioned during the talk. Thanks everyone for great questions, all feedback and comments. Looking forward to chat with you more and dig deeper...(read more)

Sample of C++ Client to Exchange Web Services

NikolaD — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:22:00 GMT

For sometime I thought that I should post a native code sample of a client code to Exchange Web Services . After all, we have used WSDL for EWS to tune wsutil.exe and test interoperability during developement of WWSAPI. I have even built a prototype but...(read more)

New videos on how to build web services in C++ on Windows Server 2008 R2

NikolaD — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:28:00 GMT

You can now find two more videos on building both client and service in native C/C++ code on Windows Server 2008 R2. There are on the channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/WWSAPI . The videos show step by step creation of a client and a service from...(read more)

Release Candidate of Windows Web Services API for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008

NikolaD — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:16:00 GMT

Updated on 10/01/2009 - This version is not available anymore. Windows Web Services API Release Candidate is now available for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. The table below summarizes level of Service Packs and...(read more)

Follow up from building web services in native C/C++ code session at TechEd 2009

NikolaD — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:19:00 GMT

Thanks everyone for attending the session on building web services in C++ code during TechEd 2009! I greatly appreciate all your questions, comments and suggestions. Please fill out the evaluation of this session if you have done this yet. To evaluate...(read more)

How to use tracing with the RC version of Windows Web Services

NikolaD — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:34:00 GMT

Tracing in Windows Web Services uses Event Tracing to let you know about what happens inside the WWS runtime after your code calls into the API. Tracing is available on all versions of Windows we support (XP, Vista, 2003, 2008 and 7). In case of Windows...(read more)

Release Candidate version of Windows Web Services in Windows 7 RC

NikolaD — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:02:00 GMT

You have probably already noticed that Windows 7 Release Candidate became available earlier this week. To continue using Windows Web Services on Windows 7 Release Candidate, you need to download Windows SDK for Windows 7 RC . It is available in ISO and...(read more)

All resources for connecting native C/C++ code to web services on one page

NikolaD — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:50:00 GMT

For some time I was planning to put together one page with top resources available to developers to start using WWSAPI. Yeasterday I have finally found time to do it. Here it is: http://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/pages/connecting-c-c-and-web-services.aspx...(read more)

Building Web Services on Windows - What to use?

NikolaD — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:08:00 GMT

I came across a great post from Dan Driscoll in which he outlines which stacks are available on Windows for building web services. He is absolutely right in describing the purpose of all 4 stacks available and it worth of quoting him. Here are 4 stacks...(read more)

Need help with connecting your native C/C++ code and web services using WWSAPI?

NikolaD — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:42:21 GMT

If you have started using Web Services API and building either clients to web services or web services in native code, here is an event where the product team that works on the API can help you. On May 19-21 there will be WWSAPI-specific "virtual lab"...(read more)

Bringing Native C/C+ code up to the Cloud (Windows Azure)

NikolaD — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:43:08 GMT

If you have attended MIX 2009, you may already know that with Windows Azure Tools and SDK March 2009 CTP it is now possible to bring native C/C++ code onto the Azure Services cloud. If you are like me who was not at MIX 2009, you may find a compilation...(read more)

Talks and blogs on building web services in native C/C++ code in Italian

NikolaD — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:16:38 GMT

If you speak Italian, there are two great resources to learn more about connecting your native C/C++ code and web services. Raffaele Rialdi has started series of posts on his blog about how to use API for building both web services and clients to them...(read more)

Upcoming talks on Windows Web Services API.

NikolaD — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:32:00 GMT

If you are interested in learning more about Windows Web Services API and how to use them to connect native code and web services, here are the upcoming events for you. 1. Microsoft Virtual TechDays for Developers take place on April 1, 2009. You can...(read more)