I’ve just been writing some code to run a TCP socket on a specific port. I was having trouble reading the response from the socket, which promted me to luckily find this damn good port scanning utility that I want to tell you about. Its called JFirewallTest and it’s a nifty little Java program that […]
Tag Archives | Web Services
The Joys Of XML
I’m currently working on a project that requires posting and reading response online using XML. I’m not talking about web services here, it’s a plain old POST of an XML file, response is returned as copious amounts of XML, read that and build a web form based on the contents (yawn), have website user make […]
PayPal Payments Pro 4.2
I’ve just upgraded a clients payment system to use the Paypal API. One new feature that I like is the API signature option for verification. Previously you had to download and install a server side certificate to verify payments through the API. This was quite easy to do but you have quite a number of […]
IT Works!
I’ve written somewhere on my website how I try to provide solutions that give a good return on my clients investment. Unfortunately with Information Technology you don’t generally get any kind of feedback on the good stuff. You only hear when things are going wrong. That has a tendency to happen because the results are […]
SQL Reporting Web Services
I’ve had to use the SQL Server Reporting Services Web Services for a number of projects recently. Just to recap, if you don’t want to or can’t use the url based report access feature, you can render reports using a call to the reportService web service. Here’s the code that will do that for you; […]
Windows .NET, Web Services & Web Development
This project is going to be really interesting! It encompasses all of the following technologies and will no doubt be quite a challenge! 1. Windows .NET development (Windows Forms) 2. Encryption (3DES) 3. FTP 4. Website ASP.NET development 5. SQL Server Reporting Services 6. Secure Sockets Layer 7. XML Web Services I don’t think i’ve […]
.NET Web Services – Loosely Coupled Systems
You’ve got to admire the way Microsoft has given us the ability to easily and quickly create system that span the internal network, internet and allow us to join together processes with other vendors and suppliers. What’s this all about? Web Services. I’m working on a proposal for an existing client (yes, they keep coming […]
