Web reference schema validation. Can it be disabled?

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

3 May 2006 3:54 PM

giddup

Hi,

I have a web service client application written in VB.Net. The
application connects to a web service to download files.

A web reference is added to the client application that exposes the
classes/methods etc for the web service that the client is connecting
to.

The problem I face is that although most files are downloaded OK, some
are failing due to validation reasons. This is because for example,
the XML file downloaded may contain an empty element when really it
should contain a default value. The effect of this is that although it

is robust and accurate, there are some cases where this validation is
proving to be a nuisance. Of course the answer would be to rectify the

schemas, but unfortunaltely I do not have access to the schemas.

Is there any way of specifying in a .Net application (that has a web
reference) that I do not want to validate against the schemas in a web
reference? Is there some way of telling the application to continue
even if there is a validation error?

Many thanks in advance.

Jimmy