My C# web service method doesn't return the value. Please help.

Dear cprogramming administrators and members,

A greeting of peace. I hope everyone is in good health upon reading this forum.

I am currently studying Web services and tried some programming on my own, here's my code for a Web Service:

Code:

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<%@ WebService language="C#" class="MyService" %>

using System;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

[WebService(Namespace="http://localhost/")]
public class MyService : WebService{
 
  private String name;
 
  [WebMethod] 
  public void setData(String n){
      name = n;
 
  }
 
  [WebMethod]
  public String getData(){   
      return name;
  }
 
}

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tried to "compile" using:

Code:

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C:\InetPub\wwwroot\> WSDL http://localhost/MyService.asmx?WSDL
C:\InetPub\wwwroot\> csc /t:library MyService.cs

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Then here's my C# console application that will use the Web service:

Code:

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using System;
using System.IO;
namespace Win32{
  class Hi{
    public static int Main(String [] args){
      MyService m = new MyService();
      string name;
      Console.WriteLine("Please enter name: ");
      name = Console.ReadLine();
      m.setData(name);
      Console.WriteLine( "Hello there using Web Service.  Your name is: "+m.getData() );
      return 0;
    }
 
  }

}//end namespace

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Then "compile" it again using:

Code:

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C:\InetPub\wwwroot\> csc /r:MyService.dll Win32.cs

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I just wonder when I tried to run it, the name I entered was not returned by the getData() method.

Is there missing in my code? I hope someone could help me here.


Thank you & God bless.


Respectfully Yours,

MarkSquall