Hi, I am new to the web services technology. I am trying to call .NET webservices from Java. The web service provider provides two URL with .asmx and .ashx extension. I am able to hit the URL in browser with eg, https://hostname/service.ashx?WSDL but not with eg,https://hostname/service.asmx?WSDL file. why??. 1. can anybody say how the diference between .asmx and .ashx files service? ...