Writing a program to consume a webservice, in Java, using Visual Studio

[Durbs]

upto the point when it does something stupid and throws a wobbly. I wasted days three years ago getting a WS-I service (written in php) to work correctly via the web reference link.

Using the Add service reference it worked first time.

You view may vary but I wouldn't use a web reference if the other link is available.

But this was the way we consumed (and still do) services of all flavours for years before the implementation of WCF and the inclusion of the 'Add Service Reference' clicky option.

As far as i know, if you choose 'Add Service Reference' and then point it to a non-WCF service it just effectively clicks "Add Web Reference" for you anyway behind the scenes