Dws Class

Exposes methods for managing Document Workspace sites and the data they contain.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.MarshalByRefObject
    System.ComponentModel.Component
      System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebClientProtocol
        System.Web.Services.Protocols.HttpWebClientProtocol
          System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol
            [DWS Web service].Dws

Namespace:  [DWS Web service]
Web service reference: http://Site/_vti_bin/DWS.asmx

Syntax

'Declaration
<WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name := "DwsSoap", Namespace := "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/dws/")> _
Public Class Dws _
    Inherits SoapHttpClientProtocol
'Usage
Dim instance As Dws

[WebServiceBindingAttribute(Name = "DwsSoap", Namespace = "https://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/dws/")]
public class Dws : SoapHttpClientProtocol

Remarks

The Document Workspace Web service is used by 2007 Microsoft Office system applications that support the Document Management pane.

The methods exposed by this Web service provide functionality in the following categories:

• Managing Document Workspace sites

  • CanCreateDwsUrl

  • CreateDws

  • RenameDws

  • DeleteDws

• Managing data for the Document Workspace site

  • GetDwsData

  • GetDwsMetaData

  • UpdateDwsData

• Managing folders in the Document Workspace site

  • CreateFolder

  • DeleteFolder

• Managing documents in the Document Workspace site

  • FindDwsDoc

• Managing site users for the Document Workspace site

  • RemoveDwsUser

You must authenticate the user to the server (see Example), before calling the methods of the Document Workspace Web service.

The methods of the Document Workspace Web service operate on any type of SharePoint site, including sites that are not configured as Document Workspace sites. For example, you can use the GetDwsMetaData method to return information about any SharePoint site.

Examples

The following code example shows how to initialize a new instance of the Document Workspace Web service and authenticate the user to the server by using the credentials of the current user.

Dim dwsWebService As server.Dws = New server.Dws()
dwsWebService.Credentials = 
    System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

name.Dws dwsWebService = new name.Dws();
dwsWebService.Credentials = 
    System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Dws Members

DWS Web Service