Installing WSE
The setup program for WSE installs the following items on a computer:
- The Microsoft.Web.Services3 assembly (Microsoft.Web.Services3.dll) into the application folder.
- [Optionally] WSE Tools.
- [Optionally] WSE QuickStart sample programs.
- [Optionally] WSE documentation.
Support
The Web Services Enhancements for Microsoft .NET builds on the Microsoft .NET Web services foundation, and will evolve to keep pace with the latest advancements in the Web services industry. As these advancements gain broad adoption and mature, they will be absorbed into the .NET Framework and Visual Studio, while future releases of the Web Services Enhancements will continue to target the latest advances.
This software is intended not only to allow developers to learn and experiment with the latest Web services capabilities, but it also provides a supported and deployable software foundation for development projects that take advantage of the latest capabilities.
As specifications evolve through the standards process, the Web Services Enhancements will track and implement the latest specifications. Because of this, code written for this version of the Web Services Enhancements is not guaranteed to be compatible with the future versions of the product. In other words, backward compatibility cannot be assured from version to version.
Note
WSE is not supported if installed on a computer with a version of the .NET Framework earlier than 2.0 (or a version of Visual Studio earlier than Visual Studio 2005).