Generating stub files for a GWS Client
Use the fglwsdl tool to generate the BDL stub from a WSDL URL or file.
This example requests the Calculator Web Service information from the specified URL, and the
output files will have the base name
ws_calculator:
fglwsdl -soap12 -o ws_calculator http://localhost:8090/Calculator?WSDLFor a client application, fglwsdl generates two output files. It is not advised to modify these files:
- filename.inc - the globals file, containing declarations of global variables
that can be used as input or output for functions accessing Web Service operations,
and the global wsError record. In our example, the file is
ws_calculator.inc.
This file must be listed in a GLOBALS statement at the top of any .4gl modules that you write for your GWS Client application.
- filename.4gl - containing the definitions of the
functions that can be used in your GWS client application to perform the requested
Web Service operation, and the code that manages the Web Service request. In our
example, the file is ws_calculator.4gl.
This file must be compiled and linked into your GWS Client application.