SOAP And Web Services
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SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a platform independent way of accessing services using XML. It's like a function call in XML - decide which function you want to call and what the parameters should be, package this information in an XML format and send it to a server, located anywhere in the Internet. The server then executes this function and sends you the result, again packaged as XML. This page gives you more information about SOAP and Web Services, and in particular the Delphi 6 Enterprise implementation
Articles
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Using ADO.NET datasets in Delphi(18 April 2002, Deepak Shenoy)
See how you can use a .NET dataset in Delphi, using XML Mapper and TClientDataset.
Debugging SOAP Data (27 March 2002, Deepak Shenoy)
See your SOAP packet data go back and forth. Two approaches to how you can take a deeper look.
Binary File Transfer using SOAP(10 February 2002, Deepak Shenoy)
This paper talks about how you can upload and download binary files using SOAP. Also included is a sample on how to compress and decompress the transferred data.
Introduction to SOAP (Date unknown, Deepak Shenoy)
This paper gives you an introduction to SOAP, the protocol, the stuff "behind the curtain" etc. Applies to SOAP.
What's the deal?
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Other Articles and links
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Shiv Kumar's Delphi Apostle
<http://www.matlus.com/>
Very nicely written site. Check out the "Tutorials" link for some really neat tutorials on SOAP,ISAPI, and related Web technologies.
Alessandro Federici's DSOAP Site
<http://www.msdelphi.com/>
Another well written site, has papers on using the MS SOAP SDK with Delphi, and a full framework in Delphi for using it (DSOAP).
Dr. Bob's Dynamic Soap Paper generator
<http://www.drbob42.com/soap/index.htm>
Borland's Community site
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Unofficial SOAP Fixes
<http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,28514,00.asp>
Using SOAP without a Web server
<http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,27513,00.asp>
Developing Web Services with Borland/Intel
<http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,28378,00.asp>
SOAP at W3C
<http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/>
SOAP on Apache
<http://xml.apache.org/soap/>
W3C Soap Note
<http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/>
Microsoft and SOAP
<http://msdn.microsoft.com/soap/Develop.com%20SOAP%20FAQ>
Borland Delphi
<http://www.borland.com/delphi>
Web services available(xmethods)
<http://www.xmethods.net/>
Lucin Salcentral
<http://www.salcentral.com/>
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