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title: Call a web service in visual studio .NET
description: Call a web service using Visual Studio 2008.
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# Call a web service in visual studio .NET

Call a web service using Visual Studio 2008.

In this example, we will be using Visual Studio 2008. First, create a new Windows Form Application for this example.

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On the resulting form, we created a richTextBox \(which we named 'richTextBoxResult'\) and a button \(named buttonResult\).

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-   **[Use a service reference in a C Sharp integration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/web-services/c_UseAServiceReference.md)**  
Use a wizard to add a service reference for a C Sharp integration.
-   **[Use a web reference in a C Sharp integration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/web-services/c_UseAWebReference.md)**  
Use a wizard to add a web reference for a C Sharp integration.
-   **[C Sharp integration source code](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/web-services/c_SourceCode.md)**  
After defining the source code, insert it.

**Parent Topic:**[Web services C Sharp .NET end to end tutorial](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/api-reference/web-services/c_CSharpNETEndEnd.md)