SOAP header Action was not understood

c# web-services asmx wshttpbinding webhttpbinding
logeeks picture logeeks · May 18, 2011 · Viewed 17.7k times · Source

I am trying to consume a webservice in C#. Whenever i try to call the function from the web service class I am getting a "SOAP header Action was not understood".I've added web reference[not service reference] pointing the web service in my project. The following steps were taken to add the web reference

1) right click on the project -> Add WebReference

when i examined the web service in web browser i found this in the header 

<wsdl:definitions name="MyService" targetNamespace="http://tempuri.org/">
    <wsp:Policy wsu:Id="WSHttpBinding_ICAIService_policy">
        <wsp:ExactlyOne><wsp:All><sp:TransportBinding>
    <wsp:Policy>

I've done the following code to call the web service functions

WebStruct webS = new WebStruct();
webS.Name = "Peter";
webS.ID = 22;

webS.Find(webS);

Answer

Anthony Faull picture Anthony Faull · Jun 6, 2012

Remove the Web Reference and add a Service Reference instead.

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