ASMX files are used by people who access computers and devices running Windows system. Also, most users of ASMX files access the internet through Chrome. If you want to know how to open, modify and convert ASMX files easily and quickly, we invite you to read this interesting article.
What is an ASMX file?
“ASMX” stands for “Active Server Method File” and refers to a file used for ASP.NET programming.
An ASMX file can be executed by applications that allow ASP.NET programming such as Microsoft Visual Web Developer and Microsoft Visual Studio. While ASMX files can be run from a web server based on the .NET framework, it is also possible to open ASPX files in PDF, Excel or Word for code management with a much simpler process.
Categories of an ASMX file
There are two categories of ASMX files: source code and internet code. The former can be opened from text editors such as Notepad ++ or Sublime Text, although it is recommended to use a programming IDE such as Eclipse for Java.
Internet type files contain images or text. The best known internet ASMX file is www. Therefore, it is important that you know what the World Wide Web “www” is and what it is used for as a hypertext-type document system when you handle this type of applications and formats.
How to open, modify and convert ASMX files easily and quickly
To open, modify and convert ASMX files, you must have an application that codes ASP.NET and perform a procedure that facilitates the conversion as explained below.
Open an AMSX file
To open an ASMX file you can use a text editor such as notepad, Notepad++ or any other such application. Also, you can open an ASMX file with Visual Studio or from Visual Web Developer which you can get from the official Microsoft website.
Right-click the AMSX file, click “Open with” and select “Choose another application.” A new window will appear with a list of applications to open the file. Locate one of the programs mentioned above or click on “More apps” and choose the software. Finally, press “OK”.
Modify an ASMX file
Modify the ASMX file from a text editor or any other free type of editor. Windows has its own notepad, although it might be limited, luckily you can also replace it with another text editor in order to add a few lines to the file.
Once you apply the changes to the ASMX file, click on “File” and select “Save As”. Write a name that identifies the file while maintaining its .asmx format and press the “Save” button.
Convert an ASMX file
If you prefer to convert an ASMX file to another format like WCF “Windows Communication Foundation”, you need “Visual Studio”. Open this application and in “File” select “New”. Then under “Project” choose “Web” and select ASP.NET Web Service Application. Assign a name to the ASMX project and press “Ok”.
Modify some elements
Uncomment the line in Service1.asmx.cs that contains the syntax: System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService to trigger AJAX. Then, in the “Build” menu select “Build Solution” and in “Debug”, click “Start without debugging”.
Activate the “ASP.NET AJAX” service
On the new web page, select the “HelloWorld” or “test page” operation. Hit the “Invoke” button and you’ll get an XML response. With this message you will confirm the activation of the ASP.NET AJAX service.
Make the conversion
Right-click on the ASMX file and select “Add.” Choose “New Item” and then click “AJAX-WCF Service Enabled”. Give the WCF file a name and press “Add”.
In the file you just created and from “Service1.asmx.cs” copy this syntax of the “Hello World” operation (The dots are indicators of each line, they should not be included in the code):
- public string HelloWorld() {
- return “Hello World”;
- }
- Paste the above syntax into the following method:
- Public void DoWork(){
- //Add your implementation operations
- return;
- }
Add the file name
Locate the “Namespace” attribute and add the name of the WCF file as shown below: Namespace = “filename”.
Add the “Invoke Web” attribute to the “Hello World” operation and set the “Response Format” property to return XML. Then press “Build Solution”, open the WCF file and click “start without debugging”. In this way, you will be able to create an equivalence and/or conversion between ASMX and WCF files.
