"Bill" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43289ED9-FE70-493E-BEC3-1F05A1B5752B@microsoft.com...
> My goal is to use Windows Authentication (WA) to access sensitive web
> services from a compact framework (CF) application. My web site on the
> development server(Windows Server 2003 running IIS 6.0) is set for WA. I
> have
> created the web service, tested it and shown that it works, and configuted
> its web.config file to to accomodate WA by adding;
>
> <authentication mode="Windows" />
> <identity impersonate="true" />
>
> Of course supplying credentials for a CF app is one of the challenges
> since
> login is not a requirement on a PDA.  O'Reilly's "Programming .NET Web
> Services" suggests that the following code could be used in calling the
> web
> service (notice the use of explicity supplied credentials):
>
> mammoth.POE_WebServices wert = new PreProcEval.mammoth.POE_WebServices();
> wert.Credentials = new NetworkCredential( "userid", "password",
> "domain" );
> wert.PreAuthenticate = true;
>
> String error = String.Empty;
>
> try
> {
>    DataSet myData = wert.POE_FindPatient( "Z99999", String.Empty,
> String.Empty, error );
>
>    foreach( DataRow myRow in myData.Tables[0].Rows )
>    {
>        lvPatientSelector.Items.Add( new ListViewItem(
> myRow.ItemArray[0].ToString() ));
>    }
> }
> catch( WebException wex )
> {
>    MessageBox.Show( wex.Status.ToString() );
> }
>
> Currently this code is producing a WebException status of "ProtocolError".
> If I dig deeply enough into the WebException in the watch window I find
> the
> 401 status code "Unauthorized".  I've done what my references suggested
> but
> I'm still missing something. A nudge in the right direction would be
> greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Bill

"Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" wrote:

> You might want to ask the CF guys this because I don't know, but does the CF
> IE browser support the authentication protocol you are using on your web
> service?  I'm assuming you are using Windows Integrated auth in your server.
> Does the CF browser support IWA and does the CF WebRequest class support
> IWA?
>
> It is entirely possible that you may need to change protocols to a version
> that is supported on CF.  I would be surprised if Basic authentication
> didn't work, but once again, this is a question for the CF guys.  With
> Basic, you are essentially obligated to use SSL as well.
>
> Otherwise, this should work.
>
> Whether or not you actually need impersonation depends on the details of the
> web service.
>
> HTH,
>
> Joe K.
>
> "Bill" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:43289ED9-FE70-493E-BEC3-1F05A1B5752B@microsoft.com...
> > My goal is to use Windows Authentication (WA) to access sensitive web
> > services from a compact framework (CF) application. My web site on the
> > development server(Windows Server 2003 running IIS 6.0) is set for WA. I
> > have
> > created the web service, tested it and shown that it works, and configuted
> > its web.config file to to accomodate WA by adding;
> >
> > <authentication mode="Windows" />
> > <identity impersonate="true" />
> >
> > Of course supplying credentials for a CF app is one of the challenges
> > since
> > login is not a requirement on a PDA.  O'Reilly's "Programming .NET Web
> > Services" suggests that the following code could be used in calling the
> > web
> > service (notice the use of explicity supplied credentials):
> >
> > mammoth.POE_WebServices wert = new PreProcEval.mammoth.POE_WebServices();
> > wert.Credentials = new NetworkCredential( "userid", "password",
> > "domain" );
> > wert.PreAuthenticate = true;
> >
> > String error = String.Empty;
> >
> > try
> > {
> >    DataSet myData = wert.POE_FindPatient( "Z99999", String.Empty,
> > String.Empty, error );
> >
> >    foreach( DataRow myRow in myData.Tables[0].Rows )
> >    {
> >        lvPatientSelector.Items.Add( new ListViewItem(
> > myRow.ItemArray[0].ToString() ));
> >    }
> > }
> > catch( WebException wex )
> > {
> >    MessageBox.Show( wex.Status.ToString() );
> > }
> >
> > Currently this code is producing a WebException status of "ProtocolError".
> > If I dig deeply enough into the WebException in the watch window I find
> > the
> > 401 status code "Unauthorized".  I've done what my references suggested
> > but
> > I'm still missing something. A nudge in the right direction would be
> > greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Bill
>
>
>

"Bill" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E760931F-B111-4D6E-9418-E44FEE848017@microsoft.com...
> Joe,
> Thanks for your response.  I have posted this on the CF newsgroup but have
> had no response.  CF does support IWA but because logins are seldom used
> on
> PDAs credentials must be explicitly specified using NetworkCredential
> (.NET
> CF Core Ref. page 408).  When in IE on my iPaq I can successfully navigate
> to
> the web service URL and bring up the test page, the browser prompts you
> with
> a login screen at the appropriate time.  I should be very close to making
> this work but I probably just missed something along the way.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
> "Joe Kaplan (MVP - ADSI)" wrote:
>
>> You might want to ask the CF guys this because I don't know, but does the
>> CF
>> IE browser support the authentication protocol you are using on your web
>> service?  I'm assuming you are using Windows Integrated auth in your
>> server.
>> Does the CF browser support IWA and does the CF WebRequest class support
>> IWA?
>>
>> It is entirely possible that you may need to change protocols to a
>> version
>> that is supported on CF.  I would be surprised if Basic authentication
>> didn't work, but once again, this is a question for the CF guys.  With
>> Basic, you are essentially obligated to use SSL as well.
>>
>> Otherwise, this should work.
>>
>> Whether or not you actually need impersonation depends on the details of
>> the
>> web service.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Joe K.
>>
>> "Bill" <B***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:43289ED9-FE70-493E-BEC3-1F05A1B5752B@microsoft.com...
>> > My goal is to use Windows Authentication (WA) to access sensitive web
>> > services from a compact framework (CF) application. My web site on the
>> > development server(Windows Server 2003 running IIS 6.0) is set for WA.
>> > I
>> > have
>> > created the web service, tested it and shown that it works, and
>> > configuted
>> > its web.config file to to accomodate WA by adding;
>> >
>> > <authentication mode="Windows" />
>> > <identity impersonate="true" />
>> >
>> > Of course supplying credentials for a CF app is one of the challenges
>> > since
>> > login is not a requirement on a PDA.  O'Reilly's "Programming .NET Web
>> > Services" suggests that the following code could be used in calling the
>> > web
>> > service (notice the use of explicity supplied credentials):
>> >
>> > mammoth.POE_WebServices wert = new
>> > PreProcEval.mammoth.POE_WebServices();
>> > wert.Credentials = new NetworkCredential( "userid", "password",
>> > "domain" );
>> > wert.PreAuthenticate = true;
>> >
>> > String error = String.Empty;
>> >
>> > try
>> > {
>> >    DataSet myData = wert.POE_FindPatient( "Z99999", String.Empty,
>> > String.Empty, error );
>> >
>> >    foreach( DataRow myRow in myData.Tables[0].Rows )
>> >    {
>> >        lvPatientSelector.Items.Add( new ListViewItem(
>> > myRow.ItemArray[0].ToString() ));
>> >    }
>> > }
>> > catch( WebException wex )
>> > {
>> >    MessageBox.Show( wex.Status.ToString() );
>> > }
>> >
>> > Currently this code is producing a WebException status of
>> > "ProtocolError".
>> > If I dig deeply enough into the WebException in the watch window I find
>> > the
>> > 401 status code "Unauthorized".  I've done what my references suggested
>> > but
>> > I'm still missing something. A nudge in the right direction would be
>> > greatly
>> > appreciated.
>> >
>> > Bill
>>
>>
>>