1. From the File menu, select New Project.
2. In the New Project dialog that appears, select ASP.NET Web Service Application.
3. Change the name of the project.
4. Click OK to open the new project in Visual Studio.

1. On the Service.vb or Service.cs tab is the code view of the Service.asmx file.
2. Replace the existing WebMethod and HelloWorld function with the following code.

The following code demonstrates how you create the Web Method for a section report.

<WebMethod( _Description:="Returns a products report grouped by category")> _
Public Function GetProductsReport() As Byte()
     Dim rpt As New rptProducts()
     rpt.Run()
     Return rpt.Document.Content
End Function

[WebMethod(_Description = "Returns a products report grouped by category")]
public byte[] GetProductsReport()
{
    rptProducts rpt = new rptProducts();
    rpt.Run();
    return rpt.Document.Content;
}

1. Press F5 to run the project. The Service page appears in your browser.
2. In the list of supported operations at the top, click GetProductsReport.
3. Click the Invoke button to test the Web Service operation.
4. If the test is successful, you will see the binary version of the contents of rptProducts.

1. In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project name and select Publish.
2. In the Publish Web window that appears, enter locahost in the Service URL field and "SiteName"/WebService in the Site/application field.

   Note: Get the SiteName from the Internet Information Services Manager.

3. Select the Mark an IIS application on destination option and click the OK button.

1. Open Internet Information Services Manager.
2. In the Internet Information Services Manager window that appears, expand the tree view in the left pane until you see the Web Service you had added in the steps above.
3. Right-click the Web Service select Manage Application then Browse.
4. In the browser that appears, go to the Address bar and add \Service1 to the url.