November 13, 2001 - Attaching the WebService Behavior | 2 | WebReference

November 13, 2001 - Attaching the WebService Behavior | 2

Yehuda Shiran November 13, 2001
Attaching the WebService Behavior
Tips: November 2001

Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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In order to call remote methods from Web Services in Internet Explorer, you need to use the WebService behavior. The WebService behavior is implemented as an HTML Component (HTC), so it can be used in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and later versions. The WebService behavior communicates with Web Services over HTTP using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

The first step in using the WebService behavior is to attach it to an element using the STYLE attribute. It is also necessary to set the ID attribute so that this element can be easily referenced in script. You can attach the WebService behavior to various types of elements. Here is an example that shows how to attach it to a DIV element:

<DIV ID="webServiceCallerDiv" 
     STYLE="behavior:url(webservice.htc)"></DIV>
And here is an example that shows how to attach it to a BODY element:

<BODY ID="webServiceCallerBody" 
      STYLE="behavior:url(webservice.htc)"></BODY>
The behavior can also be applied using other variations of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) style sheet syntax. To begin working with the WebService behavior, download the WebService HTC File and copy it to the same directory as the Web page that uses the behavior. By placing the WebService HTC File in the same directory as your HTML page that calls it, you avoid any DHTML behavior-related cross-domain security issues.