Viewing Messages

Monitored soap messages appear in the SoapTrace.Net's main window

SoapTrace.Net's GUI.

The window's caption shows what the application is currently monitoring, in the screenshot above it is monitoring soap messages sent to and received from www.codeproject.com.

  1. A list of messages received. Selecting a list item shows the soap message request and response.
  2. The soap message request.
  3. The soap message response.

Tabs

SoapTrace.Net has a Firefox style tabbed interface, allowing multiple monitors to be set up. Each tab has its own settings, which can be accessed via the File->Settings menu options.

To open a new tab use the File->New Tab menu option.

To close the currently active tab use the File->Close menu option.

Messages Received List View

SoapTrace.Net's messages received list view.

ColumnDescription
TimeThe time the message was received.
OperationThe web service operation inferred from the Http header's SoapAction field.
Web ServiceThe web service inferred from the request url
Source The IP address and port of the client sending the soap request.

Configuring the Display

Changing the fonts

The list view's font can be changed by selecting the menu option "Format"->"List Font...".

The soap message's font can be changed by selecting the menu option "Format"->"Text Font...".

Word Wrap

The soap message's word wrap setting can be changed by selecting the menu option "Format"->"Word Wrap".

Clearing the Display

To clear the display of messages, select the menu option "View"->"Clear". This clears the messages on the currently active tab if multiple are open.

Soap Message Display Options

The "View" menu has the following options:

Below these options are the custom formatters. The "Formatted Soap Parameters" formatter that is provided with SoapTrace.Net handles:

Xml sent as string parameters (i.e. not using complex types).

Xml or text sent as base 64 encoded gzipped content.