Solución Factible®:Integration Center [SF:IC]

Add a reference to a Webservice in Visual Studio 2010

Consuming a Webservice from VisualStudio is very easy, since it contains visual tools to generate the necessary classes and files. We only need to make a few small configurations to be able to make calls to the testing and production servers from any .NET language that VisualStudio supports (C# .NET, VB .NET, etc.).

Step 1

Select the project to add the ServiceReference.

Step 2

Enter the URL and specify the namespace to identify the objects.

Step 3

When the reference is added, data about the Endpoint is generated in a file called: app.config which is located in the project folder where the reference was added, in this case it is in:.../Visual Studio 2010/Projects/ConnectToWebService/ConnectToWebService/app.config

This file must be modified to connect to the production and testing Web service by simply changing the "Endpoint" name we'll be using.

Open the app.config file and identify the section in the code excerpt shown below, adding the highlighted text:

Note: the namespace "com.sf.ws.Timbrado." should be replaced with the name you gave it when adding the "ServiceReference" in step 2.

Some parts of the file have been omitted.

Download the full file app.config

Step 4

Once the configuration is done in the app.config file, we can consume the Webservice for testing and production. Below is a code extract:

C# .NET Code Example - Timbrado WebService

bool produccion = false;
string prod_endpoint = "TimbradoEndpoint_PRODUCCION";
string test_endpoint = "TimbradoEndpoint_TESTING";

//Si recibe error 417 deberá descomentar la linea a continuación
//System.Net.ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false;

//El paquete o namespace en el que se encuentran las clases
//será el que se define al agregar la referencia al WebService,
//en este ejemplo es: com.sf.ws.Timbrado

com.sf.ws.Timbrado.TimbradoPortTypeClient portClient = null;
portClient =  (produccion)
    ? new com.sf.ws.Timbrado.TimbradoPortTypeClient(prod_endpoint)
    : portClient = new com.sf.ws.Timbrado.TimbradoPortTypeClient(test_endpoint);

try
{
    byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"C:\Users\Solucion\Downloads\Facturas2\Factura2.xml"));
    System.Console.WriteLine("Sending request...");
    System.Console.WriteLine("EndPoint = " + portClient.Endpoint.Address);
    com.sf.ws.Timbrado.CFDICertificacion response = portClient.timbrar("testing@solucionfactible.com", "timbrado.SF.16672", bytes, false);

    System.Console.WriteLine("Información de la transacción");
    System.Console.WriteLine(response.status);
    System.Console.WriteLine(response.mensaje);
    System.Console.WriteLine("Resultados recibidos" + response.resultados.Length);
    com.sf.ws.Timbrado.CFDIResultadoCertificacion[] resultados = response.resultados;

    //Clases a usar en cancelación:
    //com.sf.ws.Timbrado.CFDICancelacion
    //com.sf.ws.Timbrado.CFDIResultadoCancelacion

}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    System.Console.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
}
    

The highlighted lines in the code above refer to the attribute: name="TimbradoHttpsSoap11Endpoint of each endpoint configured in the app.config file.

Troubleshooting

Error message: "unrecognized attribute decompressionenabled"

The "decompressionenabled" attribute is only recognized if the project is configured to use NetFramework4, otherwise, you just have to open the app.config file and remove this attribute that should be inside a tag:: <httpsTransport/>