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Re: WebServices InstallService bug in 5.2 on Max OS X 10.4.7

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• Subject: [mg68008] Re: [mg67968] WebServices InstallService bug in 5.2 on Max OS X 10.4.7
• From: Bruce Miller <support-miller at wolfram.com>
• Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:04:49 -0400 (EDT)
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Matt,

Here is a workaround.

    Needs["WebServices`"]

    Block[{$SystemID="Darwin"},InstallService[
       "http://soap.amazon.com/schemas3/AmazonWebServices.wsdl";]]

This problem with Mathematica 5.2.0 on 64-bit systems was fixed in
version 5.2.2.

Bruce Miller
Technical Support
Wolfram Research, Inc.
support at wolfram.com
http://support.wolfram.com/



On Jul 19, 2006, at 4:21 AM, matt_langston at mac.com wrote:

> I believe I may have found a bug in the InstallService function in
> the WebServices package for Mathematica 5.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.7
> (PowerPC G5). To demonstrate I used the example for the Amazon web
> services in Mathematica Help (see "Add-ons  Links", "Web Services
> Package", "Examples", "Amazon").
>
> The URL for the WSDL is here:
> http://confluence.atypon.com/rpc/soap-axis/confluenceservice-v1?wsdl
>
> The error I get is:
> XML`Parser`XMLGet::prserr: MalformedURLException: The URL used an
> unsupported protocol
>
> I've cut-and-pasted my exact steps below.
>
>
> In[1]:=
> Needs["WebServices`"]
>
> In[2]:=
> InstallService["http://soap.amazon.com/schemas3/ 
> AmazonWebServices.wsdl"]
>
>  =46rom In[2]:=
> \!\(\*
>    RowBox[{\(XML`Parser`XMLGet::
>        "prserr"\), \(\(:\)\(\ \)\), "\<\"MalformedURLException: The
>      URL used an unsupported
>        protocol \\!\\(\\*ButtonBox[\\\"More=85\\\", \
> ButtonStyle->\\\"RefGuideLinkText\\\", ButtonFrame->None, \
> ButtonData:>\\\"XML`Parser`XMLGet::prserr\\\"]\\)\"\>"}]\)
>
> Out[2]=
> $Failed
>
>
> Do other Mac users see this behavior too? Can anyone help me find a
> workaround?
>
> Warmest regards, Matt
>

• References:
  • WebServices InstallService bug in 5.2 on Max OS X 10.4.7
    • From: matt_langston@mac.com