title: Calling webservice from vbscript > option?
body: <p>for a project we need to call some webservices from vbscript. This is doable, but it requires building the entire XML fragment by hand. I'm spoiled by .NET so I want to do it better. </p>
  
  <p>There is the option of building a COM component and calling that from vbscript, but unfortunately that also requires registering the COM component on the client, an option we don't have. </p>
  
  <p>Another thing I thought of is building a console application which handles the webservice calls and exceptions and things. Problem here is that I need to return a string to the vbcode, where a consoleapp can only return an exit code and nothing more (as far as I know). Since it's a shared scenario, I can't write to a textfile either since that will cause problems in multiuser scenario's. </p>
  
  <p>So I wondered if there are any options I missed and should consider? Or in the other case: what option would you guys pick and why? </p>
  
  <p>Edit: worth mentioning; the webservice is mine and so is the server on which it runs. It will be secured with SSL and authorization to make sure no one other than our clients can use it. I set it up as a WCF service, but it's to be constructed so I can still change that (either the service type or the bindingtype).</p>