SharePoint - _vti_bin not in Default website

Asked By LekhaJohnso

11-Jun-07 04:10 PM

Hi all

I have developed a web service and a consumer web application. everything
works fine when i test within the domain of the web service. i want to copy
the .asmx to _vti_bin of the default website and try it there. But I'm
encountering a strange problem. The SharePoint was installed recently but
this server is in use by other departments. This is the 1st web application
I'm trying out here. In IIS, Default website is set to Stop and a Test
website contains all my projects although I don't remember creating one.
There are 2 other websites

1. SharePoint - 80(runs on port 80),

2. SharePoint - 24184(runs on port 24184)



Both these contain _vti_bin folders. I ran a setup that installed .asmx file
in _vti_bin folder. Now I try to find that file but it is not in these
_vti_bin folders.



Could you please help me figure out what's wrong here?



Struggling for the past half a day doing various permutations and
combinations copying and pasting files....



Any help will be highly helpful



Thanks

12-Jun-07 06:28 PM

Lekha,

Try the following article first and if you still fail, then post the exact
error message that you get:

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/km/sharepoint/archives/creating-a-custom-web-service-for-sharepoint-13553

Good luck

SSA

14-Jun-07 10:58 AM

Hello Ahmed
Thanks for your reply. I have downloaded your WsUploadService library and
currently working on .disco and .wsdl files. After I had posted the above
question I uninstalled IIS then reinstalled it. Then I could see the required
_vti_bin and use it. I read an article from msdn about writing custom web
services and did that and then I could see my web service in the localhost
but if I access it I was asked uid and pwd. I enter it but I get an error msg
'You are not authorized to look this page'. I disabled Anonymous access,
Integrated Win Authen and enabled Basic Digest. I read about this from
technet but no use. I can access the Central Administration site although I
have to give it my uid and pwd. But I cannot access MySite in this website.
It says 'MySite doesn't exist' when I try to use SP Products and Services
Wizard'. So as I said before, now I have downloaded your WsUploadService and
working on it.I have sent an email to your yahoo account abt this. My problem
is I am not an SP admin, never been one and SP is very new to my company and
there is no one in my team to discuss and share ideas. I assume there are
multiple problems here that I need to solve. Any of your ideas and
suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks

14-Jun-07 03:47 PM

I didn't put that web service in GAC, may be that's why I got permission
error when I tried to view that and no error for other in-built web services.
I'm going to try that now and thanks a lot for a very useful article, Ahmed.
It definitely helps newbies.