Start With an XML Request Document

Listing 1. The SOAP client generates the XML request document from server control settings on an ASP.NET Web form or from conventional controls' properties and events on a Windows form.

<crosstab xmlns='http://oakleaf.ws/services/crosstabs/request' >
   <title>2001 Quarterly Orders by State</title>
   <timeseries>
      <datatable>Orders</datatable>
      <rowsby>State</rowsby>
      <startdate>1/1/2001</startdate>
      <starttime>00:00:00AM</starttime>
      <interval>Quarter</interval>
      <datacolumns>4</datacolumns>
      <count>No</count>
      <avgvalue>No</avgvalue>
      <rowtotals>Yes</rowtotals>
      <coltotals>Yes</coltotals>
      <nulltozero>Yes</nulltozero>
      <format>XML</format>
   </timeseries>
</crosstab>