Hi everyone,

The 4.0 version of the ECS WSDL is not compatible with Microsoft’s Visual Studio.NET 2003. We are working with Microsoft to fix these issues. In the meantime, we have provided workarounds that you can implement within your application to help you build your VS.NET application

CustomerReviews unique name issue:

When you run your application, Microsoft’s runtime framework will display the following error.

"Server Error in /XXX Application
Types XXX.WebReference.CustomerReviews1 and XXX.WebReference.CustomerReviews both use the XML type name, CustomerReviews, from namespace http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/2004-10-19 Use XML attributes to specify a unique XML name and/or namespace for the type."

Workaround:

1. Double click on "Web References" in your VS.NET solution.
2. Double click on the "WebReference" object and the Object Browser window should open up.
3. In the Object Browser window’s left pane, double click on the object with the same name as your application. This should expand the list tree. Double click on the <YourAppNameHere>.WebReference object and this should expand to a list of objects starting with "AccessoriesAccessory".
4. In this list of objects, double click on AWSECommerceService. This should open up the source code file that VS.NET generates when it parses the WSDL. Search for "public class CustomerReviews1". You should see the following lines of code.
   
   [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlTypeAttribute(TypeName="CustomerReviews", Namespace="http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/2004-10-19")]
   
   public class CustomerReviews1 { 
   
5. Replace the TypeName="CustomerReviews" with TypeName="CustomerReviews1".
6. Save this file.

Dependencies not found issue:

On running your application, Microsoft’s runtime framework will display the following error.

"Server Error in /XXX Application
File or Assembly name yyy.dll, or one of its dependencies, was not found."

(The name of the file (yyy) is not fixed and will vary for every execution run.)

Workaround:

1. Follow the instructions above to open the AWSECommerceService class generated by VS.NET.
2. Search for "public string[][] Request;". You should see the following lines of code.
   
   [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("BrowseNodeId", typeof(string), IsNullable=false)]
   public string[][] Request;
   
3. Modify these lines to
   
   [System.Xml.Serialization.XmlArrayItemAttribute("BrowseNodeId", IsNullable=false)]
   public string[] Request;
   
4. Save this file.

Hi nomolos2,

I just answered your question here:

http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=am-assocdevxml&msg=6784.2&ctx=0

Please post back if this does not work for you!

-elena

John,

Thanks so much for clarifying the workaround for VS 2003! Greatly appreciated!

-elena

Hello AWS Team,

Error Observed: Method AWSECommerceService.CustomerContentSearch can not be reflected.

To my understanding, the above error appears on Visual Studio .NET 2003 when an instance of AWSECommerceService is being created.

The problem seems to be a bit more than that. The error appears ONLY in Windows Application and Web Application projects.

I added a Web Reference to a Smart Device Application project, and the thing worked perfectly fine. So, it is not just a VS.NET issue. Anyways, I hope this helps someone.

Shrenik

Hi,

  I got this error after applying your instruction:

Types CustomerReviews1 and CustomerReviews both use the XML type name, CustomerReviews, from namespace http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/2004-11-10. Use XML attributes to specify a unique XML name and/or namespace for the type.