WsOpenServiceProxy function (webservices.h)

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10/13/2021

Opens a Service Proxy to a Service endpoint.

On success client applications can make calls using the Service Proxy. The behavior of WsOpenServiceProxy is governed by the channel binding used.

Syntax

HRESULT WsOpenServiceProxy(
  [in]           WS_SERVICE_PROXY          *serviceProxy,
  [in]           const WS_ENDPOINT_ADDRESS *address,
  [in, optional] const WS_ASYNC_CONTEXT    *asyncContext,
  [in, optional] WS_ERROR                  *error
);

Parameters

[in] serviceProxy

A pointer to the Service Proxy to open. The pointer must reference a valid WS_SERVICE_PROXY object and the referenced value may not be NULL.

[in] address

A pointer to the address of the endpoint.

[in, optional] asyncContext

A pointer to A WS_ASYNC_CONTEXT object that has information about how to invoke the function asynchronously. The value is set to NULL if invoking synchronously.

[in, optional] error

A pointer to a WS_ERROR object where additional information about the error should be stored if the function fails.

Return value

This function can return one of these values.

Return code	Description
WS_S_ASYNC	The asynchronous operation is still pending.
WS_E_OPERATION_ABORTED	The operation was aborted.
WS_E_INVALID_OPERATION	The operation is not allowed due to the current state of the object.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_NOT_FOUND	The remote endpoint does not exist or could not be located.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_ACCESS_DENIED	Access was denied by the remote endpoint.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_DISCONNECTED	The connection with the remote endpoint was terminated.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_FAILURE	The remote endpoint could not process the request.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_NOT_AVAILABLE	The remote endpoint is not currently in service at this location.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_TOO_BUSY	The remote endpoint is unable to process the request due to being overloaded.
WS_E_ENDPOINT_UNREACHABLE	The remote endpoint was not reachable.
WS_E_INVALID_ENDPOINT_URL	The endpoint address URL is invalid.
WS_E_INVALID_FORMAT	The input data was not in the expected format or did not have the expected value.
WS_E_OPERATION_TIMED_OUT	The operation did not complete within the time allotted.
WS_E_PROXY_ACCESS_DENIED	Access was denied by the HTTP proxy server.
WS_E_PROXY_FAILURE	The HTTP proxy server could not process the request.
WS_E_QUOTA_EXCEEDED	A quota was exceeded.
WS_E_SECURITY_VERIFICATION_FAILURE	Security verification was not successful for the received data.
WS_E_SECURITY_SYSTEM_FAILURE	A security operation failed in the Windows Web Services framework.
WS_E_PROXY_REQUIRES_BASIC_AUTH	The HTTP proxy server requires HTTP authentication scheme 'basic'.
WS_E_PROXY_REQUIRES_DIGEST_AUTH	The HTTP proxy server requires HTTP authentication scheme 'digest'.
WS_E_PROXY_REQUIRES_NEGOTIATE_AUTH	The HTTP proxy server requires HTTP authentication scheme 'negotiate'.
WS_E_PROXY_REQUIRES_NTLM_AUTH	The HTTP proxy server requires HTTP authentication scheme 'NTLM'.
WS_E_SERVER_REQUIRES_BASIC_AUTH	The remote endpoint requires HTTP authentication scheme 'basic'.
WS_E_SERVER_REQUIRES_DIGEST_AUTH	The remote endpoint requires HTTP authentication scheme 'digest'.
WS_E_SERVER_REQUIRES_NEGOTIATE_AUTH	The remote endpoint requires HTTP authentication scheme 'negotiate'.
WS_E_SERVER_REQUIRES_NTLM_AUTH	The remote endpoint requires HTTP authentication scheme 'NTLM'.
E_OUTOFMEMORY	Ran out of memory.
E_INVALIDARG	One or more arguments are invalid.
Other Errors	This function may return other errors not listed above.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 7 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps \| UWP apps]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	webservices.h
Library	WebServices.lib
DLL	WebServices.dll