Web Reference vs. Service Reference

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Add Web Reference is the old-style, deprecated ASP.NET webservices (ASMX) technology (using only the XmlSerializer for your stuff) – if you do this, you get an ASMX client for an ASMX web service. You can do this in just about any project (Web App, Web Site, Console App, Winforms – you name it).

Add Service Reference is the new way of doing it, adding a WCF service reference, which gives you a much more advanced, much more flexible service model than just plain old ASMX stuff.

Since you’re not ready to move to WCF, you can also still add the old-style web reference, if you really must: when you do a “Add Service Reference”, on the dialog that comes up, click on the [Advanced] button in the button left corner:

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and on the next dialog that comes up, pick the [Add Web Reference] button at the bottom.

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