Client to Client Web Service

Question

Hi, I will be installing an app on to a client machine which stores all of its information in sql express 2005 and the app is written using vb.net.

I know that if we hosted the db on our server then we can access information through a web service using sql server 2005.

But is it possible to host a web service on a client machine and access it using a web service. I'm sorry I am new to all of this but all we need to do is find which transactions they have completed using our app on a weekly basis (all this information will be held in their sql express db).

Thanks in advance for any replies and sorry if I said anything which seems obvious to others..

If useful we develop using vs2008 and write in vb.net

Danny =)

Answer 1

With .NET 2.0, Web service can be hosted on Windows XP desktops as an ASP.NET application. The only restriction on XP is that it only supports the default web site (TCP port 80).

 

As part of .NET 3.0, WCF allows any application (Console app, Windows app, even Windows service app) to host a web service by ServiceHost class. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.servicemodel.servicehost.aspx

 

Answer 2

Thanks =)