Dws Class (Document Workspace)

Exposes methods for managing Document Workspace sites and the data they contain.

Web Service: Document WorkspaceWeb Reference: http://<Site>/_vti_bin/Dws.asmx

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name:="DwsSoap", Web Service:="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/dws/")> _
<GeneratedCodeAttribute("wsdl", "2.0.50727.42")> _
<DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")> _
<DebuggerStepThroughAttribute> _
Public Class Dws
    Inherits SoapHttpClientProtocol

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Dws

[WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name="DwsSoap", Web Service="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/dws/")] 
[GeneratedCodeAttribute("wsdl", "2.0.50727.42")] 
[DesignerCategoryAttribute("code")] 
[DebuggerStepThroughAttribute] 
public class Dws : SoapHttpClientProtocol

Remarks

The Document Workspace Web service is used by 2007 Microsoft Office system applications that support the Document Management pane.

The methods exposed by this Web service provide functionality in the following categories:

Managing Document Workspace sites
Managing data for the Document Workspace site
Managing folders in the Document Workspace site
- CreateFolder
- DeleteFolder
Managing documents in the Document Workspace site
- FindDwsDoc
Managing site users for the Document Workspace site
- RemoveDwsUser

You must authenticate the user to the server (see Example), before calling the methods of the Document Workspace Web service.

The methods of the Document Workspace Web service operate on any type of SharePoint site, including sites that are not configured as Document Workspace sites. For example, you can use the GetDwsMetaData method to return information about any SharePoint site.

Example

The following code example shows how to initialize a new instance of the Document Workspace Web service and authenticate the user to the server by using the credentials of the current user.

Visual Basic

Dim dwsWebService As server.Dws = New server.Dws()
dwsWebService.Credentials = 
    System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

name.Dws dwsWebService = new name.Dws();
dwsWebService.Credentials = 
    System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.MarshalByRefObject
     System.ComponentModel.Component
       System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol
         System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpWebClientProtocol
           System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol
            Document Workspace.Dws

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Reference

Dws Members
Document Workspace Web Service