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Read-only and write-only properties in a Web Service class aren't visible to the Web Service client. The reason is that XML serialization doesn't support these sort of properties, and read-only and write-only properties aren't included in the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) documentation. To make these properties visible to clients, create a Function that returns the value of a read-only property, or a Sub that assigns a write-only property, and decorate them with the WebMethod attribute. For example: Click here to copy the following block Dim m_Count As Integer ReadOnly Property Count() As Integer   Get    Return m_Count   End Get End Property ' This is the method visible to the Web Service's clients <WebMethod()> Function GetCount() As Integer   Return Count End Function For more information see: MSKB Article Q317270.

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