Where to get WWSAPI for Vista

Question

Unfortunately the links to download the WWSAPI for Vista/XP are not valid anymore. 

see:
http://blogs.msdn.com/nikolad/archive/2009/05/20/release-candidate-of-windows-web-services-api-is-now-available.aspx

I should do some tests on Vista.
Does anyone know where I can get the webservices.dll for vista ?

Answer 1

The preview versions of WWSAPI such as the Beta and the Release Candidate are not available anymore since the RTM of Windows 7. We are working on finalizing all work on the final version of WWSAPI for WinXP, Vista, Win2k3 and Win2k8 including the license agreement under which it is available. Please check the forum later this year for announcements.

Thanks,
Nikola

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Nikola Dudar is the Program Manager for Windows Web Services API team. This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. Use of any samples is subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/ info/cpyright.htm

Answer 2

Thanks for your answer Nikola!

As it is important for me to be able to do some technology evaluation tests now it would be great if you could send me a copy of a preview version per e-mail.
Would this be possible ?

Regards,
René

Answer 3

No, it is not possible to send you old preview versions. Please wait for the instructions on acquiring the final version published.

Updated on 10/09: Please see this post with announcement of the final version of WWSAPI runtime for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 and description of the process for getting access to it.

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Nikola Dudar is the Program Manager for Windows Web Services API team. This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. Use of any samples is subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/ info/cpyright.htm

Answer 4

Awesome!! Just in time tbh, I was getting tired with the flex + bison + openssl + m4 installation madness to get gSOAP to compile. One quick perhaps offtopic question. I see that the Windows 7 SDK is required. That means my current projects with visual studio 2008 and Vista SDK will require recompilation?

Answer 5

Can anyone clarify how the WWSAPI is to be made available for use on pre windows 7 platforms.  From this page

http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2009/10/09/final-version-of-windows-web-services-api-for-windows-xp-vista-server-2003-and-server-2008-is-now-available.aspx it looks like it will be available only to selected companies and their direct customers, but not for general download.

 

It’s unclear whether our best option is to just make WWS API a prerequisite of our own product and get our customers to download it for themselves. I can't see that our customers will be able to get hold of it easily, without signing an additional license agreement. so in that case we will need to sign the agreement and redistribute to our customers ourselves. Yes? Why isn't the download being made more freely available?

Stephen

Answer 6

Hi Stephen,

You are right that the WWSAPI runtime for pre-Windows 7 platforms is only available to companies that plan to redistribute it with their products to their customers. End users cannot download the runtime and run it on their computers. . To acquire a copy of the Windows Master Redistribution License Agreement (MRLA) for review and start the process for signing the MRLA, please email a formal request to EMAIL GONE.

Thanks,
Nikola

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Nikola Dudar is the Program Manager for Windows Web Services API team. This post is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. Use of any samples is subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft.com/ info/cpyright.htm

Answer 7

pls enlighten me. I want to use WWSAPI in my Windows XP. Questions:
1) what SDK should I download to get the development header files of WWSAPI
2) How do I get the dll runtime of WWSAPI...as I read i have to send an email to MS for this.
3) Can i install Windows 7 SDK into my Windows XP to get the development headers of WWSAPI?

Please clarify..Thanks.

Answer 8

Want to ask the same question as downgo3r.

I need webservices.dll to use WWSAPI. 

Here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd430435(VS.85).aspx

it is said, that Windows Web Services API (WWSAPI) is also available as system update and has to be installed separately on the following systems:

Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Windows Server 2008

I tried to update my Win Xp SP3 and after updating (all available windows updates) no WWSAPI run-time appeared on my PC (no webservices.dll). How can I get it?

Thanks.

Answer 9

MSDN is wrong.  Presumably the system update was the original plan.  The new plan is that you need to sign a license agreement with Microsoft to get the redistributables for pre-Windows7 OSes, as described earlier in the thread.

I have not seen it, but apparently the conditions of the licence are such that redistribution rights can be withdrawn by MS at very short notice, meaning that it's not an option for any serious development.

So it seems that WWSAPI is pretty much dead, in the short term at least.   Who's going to be developign C/C++ apps that only work on Windows 7.0 and Windows 2008 R2?

Hopefully someone from MS will explain what's going on - from the outside it doesn't make much sense.      

Answer 10

It really is unclear what MS strategy is here, other than to to try to get eveyone to upgrade to Windows 7/2K8R2. The highly unfavourable terms of the license mean people are likely to pursue other avenues as software houses can't simply force their customer base to upgrade their OSs.

Nicola, can you please explain why MS are going down this route.

Stephen