Creating
and Using a Codeunit Web Service (SOAP)
Web services provide easy communication
and data exchange in a secured environment. In Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2016, you
can create, publish, and use web services. For example, you can publish a web
service that return customer’s details in response.
Enable SOAP Web service
Creating a codeunit in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
Publish Web Service
1.
Open the RoleTailored client, and then connect to the CRONUS
International Ltd. company.
2.
In the Search box, enter Web
Services, and then press Return.
3.
In the Web Services page, choose New.
4.
In the Object Type column, select Codeunit,
then in the Object ID column enter 50000,
and then enter Letters in the Service
Namecolumn.
5.
Mark the check box in the Published column and choose OK to close the New
- Web Services page.
Using the web service
1.
In Visual Studio, on the File menu, select New,
and then choose Project.
2.
Under Installed Templates,
expand the Visual C# node, select Windows,
and then, select Console Application.
3.
Enter the name UsingLettersService for the application and choose OK to close the New
Project page.The
sample code in this walkthrough expects this exact application name, so do not
change it.
4.
In Solution Explorer, right-click the References node in the project, and then choose Add
Service Reference.
5.
In the Add Service Reference window, choose the Advanced button.
6.
In the Service Reference Settings window, choose the Add
Web Reference button,
type or paste the URL that you used when you checked the WSDL, such as http://localhost:9047/DynamicsNAV90/WS/Services,
and then choose Go (the green button with the arrow).
7.
When the Letters service is displayed on the discovery
Page, choose View Service, then
in the Web reference name text box, renamelocalhost to WebService, and
then choose Add Reference.
8.
In Solution Explorer, choose Program.cs and replace the existing code with the
following code:
using System;
using
System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace UsingLettersService
{
// Imports newly generated web service proxy.
using WebService;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Creates a new instance of the service.
Letters ws = new Letters();
// Uses default credentials for authenticating
// with Microsoft Dynamics NAV.
ws.UseDefaultCredentials = true;
ws.Url = "http://localhost:9047/DynamicsNAV90/WS/CRONUS%20International%20Ltd./Codeunit/Letters";
// Declares variables to work with.
string inputstring, outputstring;
inputstring = "20309920";
// Calls the Microsoft Dynamics NAV
codeunit web service.
Outputstring =
ws.CustomerDetails(inputstring);
// Writes output to the screen.
Console.WriteLine("Result:
{0}", outputstring);
// Keeps the console window open until you press ENTER.
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
On the Build menu, select Build Solution to build your project and then, from
the Debug menu, choose Start Debugging to run the application in debug mode.
Output:
Name Email Id
