[Mono-dev] Web service client - SendOrPostCallback could not be loaded

[Atsushi Eno]

Atsushi Eno wrote:
> Janne Rantala wrote:
>> 2006/7/3, Atsushi Eno <atsushi at ximian.com>:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> Another error about web services is this which I usually get when 
>>> trying
>>> to
>>>> initialize client:
>>>>
>>>> Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException : An exception
>>> was
>>>> thrown
>>>> by the type initializer for System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer --->
>>>> System.
>>>> ArgumentException: exePath must be specified when not running inside a
>>>> stand
>>>> alo
>>>> ne exe.
>>>> in <0x00253>
>>>> System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager:OpenExeConfigurationInter
>>>> nal (ConfigurationUserLevel userLevel,
>>>> System.Reflection.Assemblycalling_assemb
>>>> ly, System.String exePath)
>>>> in <0x0003b>
>>>> System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem:System.Configuration
>>>> .Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection (System.String configKey)
>>>> in <0x0001f> System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager:GetSection (
>>>> System.String
>>>> sectionName)
>>>> in <0x0001f> System.Configuration.DefaultConfig:GetConfig
>>>> (System.Stringsection
>>>> Name)
>>>> in <0x00017> System.Configuration.ConfigurationSettings:GetConfig (
>>>> System.String
>>>> sectionName)
>>>> in <0x001cd> System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer:.cctor ()--- End of
>>>> inner ex
>>>> ception stack trace ---
>>> Bug #78750 reminded me that ConfigurationManager uses internal
>>> ClientConfigurationSystem which is based on Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().
>>> The exception above happens when there is no entry assembly information,
>>> which is also likely to happen around web services.
>>>
>>> If you use xsp2 and still get this error, please file a bug on
>>> bugzilla.
>>>
>>> Atsushi Eno
>>>
>> But my assembly tries to access web service, it is not web service itself.
>> Does it still need xsp2 to work?
> 
> Oops, then no ;-) Just noticed that you ran the application from
> embedded environment, which means GetEntryAssembly() will return null.
> My guess is that System.Configuration classes should also work under
> such an environment, it is likely to be a bug there. Let me dig into
> this (second) problem.

I made a fix in svn, but I have no test case for embedded scenario.
If you are using mono from svn, can you please try it?

Atsushi Eno