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WSDL generated service reference returning null

Im have some issues with a service reference to an external source (added it using the supplied wsdl in Visual Studio 2015).
The situation is that the request i run seems to reach the server fine. I also seems to get a response of the expected xml format (added TextWriterTraceListener). But the OutType class i get back in the code (in this case the GetBankCertificateOutType) is always null.
The console application ive built to illustrate is very simple, utilizing the public test account. It looks as follows:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//instantiates client from the service reference
var client = new PkiServicePortTypeClient();
var time = DateTime.UtcNow;
Random r = new Random();
string reqId = r.Next(100, 999).ToString();
var outType = client.GetBankCertificate(*full params on github*);
//This line will throw nullexception since outType is always null
//BUT a valid response is actually received (although returning aa application statusCode that represents error at this stage)
var response = outType.GetBankCertificateResponse;
}
Ive tried to locate the problem but have been unsuccessful sofar. So wanted to see if someone has some good tip on how to debug this or perhaps has a solution.
I built a complete, minimal, console sample project (including the source wsdl) to illustrtate the issue which is located here.

I've downloaded and inspected your solution, and I found this in trace.log
GetBankCertificateRequest at tribute {http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace}id had invalid value '360817' of type '{http://www .w3.org/2001/XML Schema}ID'
After I played with id value of GetBankCertificateRequest I got back the right value (instead of null).
var outType = client.GetBankCertificate(new GetBankCertificateInType {
RequestHeader = new RequestHeaderType {
SenderId = "360817",
CustomerId = "360817",
RequestId = reqId,
Environment = EnvironmentType.test,
EnvironmentSpecified = true,
InterfaceVersion = "1",
Timestamp = time
},
GetBankCertificateRequest = new GetBankCertificateRequest {
BankRootCertificateSerialNo = "1111110002",
//id = "",
RequestId = reqId,
Timestamp = time
}
});
There is no description for this property according to documentation (PKI service description v2.3.pdf) except some xml type annotation (xml:id). The concrete schema description is missing.

AWS Machine Learning RealTimePredictor returns UnknownoperationException in C#

Using Visual Studio, and AWS .NET V 3.0.
I'm trying to perform a real-time Predict operation, and to verify the basic setup works, I first perform a GetMLModel() which works and returns the endpoint (Somewhere in the documentation is was mentioned to use that result as the service endpoint, but it's the same that is listed in the console). Is has status "READY", so far so good.
The exception occurs below on the line below "Prediction P = RTP.Predict(Data)". Data contains a Dictionary with all the prediction values.
Error: Error making request with Error Code UnknownOperationException and Http Status Code BadRequest. No further error information was returned by the service.
public static APIResult GetRealTimePrediction(Dictionary<string, string> Data, string PayloadJSON = null) {
AmazonMachineLearningConfig MLConfig = new AmazonMachineLearningConfig();
MLConfig.RegionEndpoint = Amazon.RegionEndpoint.USEast1;
MLConfig.Validate();
AmazonMachineLearningClient MLClient = new AmazonMachineLearningClient("xxx", "xxx", MLConfig);
GetMLModelResponse MLMOdelResp = MLClient.GetMLModel("xxx"); // <-- WORKS
MLConfig.ServiceURL = MLMOdelResp.EndpointInfo.EndpointUrl;
Console.WriteLine(MLConfig.ServiceURL);
MLConfig.Validate();
Amazon.MachineLearning.Util.RealtimePredictor RTP = new Amazon.MachineLearning.Util.RealtimePredictor(MLClient, "xxx");
Prediction P = RTP.Predict(Data); // <----------------EXCEPTION HERE
}
(Obviously replace xxx with relevant values) :)

It turns out that this line:
MLConfig.ServiceURL = MLMOdelResp.EndpointInfo.EndpointUrl;
cases the MLConfig.RegionEndpoint to be reset. Even though the documentation indicates the RegionEndpoint can be determined from the ServiceURL (I'm pretty sure I read that), the RegionEndpoint needs to be set again before the RTP.Predict(Data) call.
Once I figured that out, I was able to reduce the code to just this, in case anyone else needs help. I guess adding too much information to the Configuration is NOT a good thing, as the AWS. NET library seems to figure all this out on its own.
public static APIResult GetRealTimePrediction(Dictionary<string, string> Data, string PayloadJSON = null) {
AmazonMachineLearningConfig MLConfig = new AmazonMachineLearningConfig();
MLConfig.RegionEndpoint = Amazon.RegionEndpoint.USEast1;
MLConfig.Validate(); // Just in case, not really needed
AmazonMachineLearningClient MLClient = new AmazonMachineLearningClient("xxx", "xxx", MLConfig);
Amazon.MachineLearning.Util.RealtimePredictor RTP = new Amazon.MachineLearning.Util.RealtimePredictor(MLClient, "xxx");
Prediction P = RTP.Predict(Data);
}

VMware vCenter API with C# - InitiateFileTransferToGuest fails

I'm trying to use the InitiateFileTransferToGuest method to send a file to a VM. Unfortunately, I'm getting stuck. Here's the related code where VClient is the VimClient with an already successfull connection:
GuestOperationsManager VMOpsManager = new GuestOperationsManager(VClient, VClient.ServiceContent.GuestOperationsManager);
GuestFileManager VMFileManager = new GuestFileManager(VClient, VClient.ServiceContent.FileManager);
GuestAuthManager VMAuthManager = new GuestAuthManager(VClient, VClient.ServiceContent.AuthorizationManager);
NamePasswordAuthentication Auth = new NamePasswordAuthentication()
{
Username = "username",
Password = "password",
InteractiveSession = false
};
VMAuthManager.ValidateCredentialsInGuest(CurrentVM.MoRef, Auth);
System.IO.FileInfo FileToTransfer = new System.IO.FileInfo("C:\\userlist.txt");
GuestFileAttributes GFA = new GuestFileAttributes()
{
AccessTime = FileToTransfer.LastAccessTimeUtc,
ModificationTime = FileToTransfer.LastWriteTimeUtc
};
string TransferOutput = VMFileManager.InitiateFileTransferToGuest(CurrentVM.MoRef, Auth, "C:\\userlist.txt", GFA, FileToTransfer.Length, false);
First error shows up when getting to the ValidateCredentialsInGuest method. I get this message:
An unhandled exception of type 'VMware.Vim.VimException' occurred in VMware.Vim.dll Additional information: The request refers to an unexpected or unknown type.
If I remove that validation, I get the same error when trying to run InitiateFileTransferToGuest. I've been browsing the API documentation, and threads in VMware forums and a lot of places to be honest. The only pieces of code I've seen posted where it works were in Java and Perl, but the API implementation is a little different than C#. Any idea where to look?
Thank you!

I made it work after testing and making up stuff. I guessed the MoRef for both AuthManager and FileManager doing the following:
ManagedObjectReference MoRefFileManager = new ManagedObjectReference("guestOperationsFileManager");
GuestFileManager VMFileManager = new GuestFileManager(VClient, MoRefFileManager);
ManagedObjectReference MoRefAuthManager = new ManagedObjectReference("guestOperationsAuthManager");
GuestAuthManager VMAuthManager = new GuestAuthManager(VClient, MoRefAuthManager);
Now it's working, and I have no idea how.

How to get a list of defects in QC11.0 via C# OTA using BugFilter

I have successfully connected to QC using VBscript via the OTA interface. In VbScript I had the following code to filter out defects and get load them in a list.
BugFilter.Filter("BG_STATUS") = "Not Canceled and NOT Closed"
BugFilter.Filter("BG_PROJECT") = "Business*"
Set BugList = BugFilter.NewList()
The above worked flawlessly in Vbscript.
In C#.NET (4.0), I am able to connect to QC successfully but when I try to apply the filter , it give me a error..
TDConnection qcc = new TDConnection();
qcc.InitConnectionEx(sr);
qcc.ConnectProjectEx("XXXX", "------", "----", "-----");
if (qcc.Connected)
{
Console.WriteLine("connected");
BugFactory bf = (BugFactory)qcc.BugFactory;
bf.Filter["BG_STATUS"] = "Not Canceled and NOT Closed";
bf.Filter["BG_PROJECT"] = "Business*";
List bugs = (List)bf.NewList(bf.Filter);
on the last line of code , it gives me the following error "Could not convert argument 0 for call to NewList."
I am relative new to C#, Can anybody help me here?

Try bg.Filter.text()
You'd need to check the method, 'cause I do that in java. But there is a method by that name. How I normally do that is like this:
List bugs = (List)bg.NewList();

I usually pass a string into the bug factory by using the .Text property of the Filter object rather than the filter object itself.
For example, I've had success with handling the filtering like this:
var tdFilter = (TDFilter)bf_filter;
tdFilter["BG_STATUS"] = "Not Canceled and NOT Closed";
tdFilter["BG_PROJECT"] = "Business*";
var bugs = bf.NewList(tdFilter.Text);

How do I create an SRV record in DNS with C#

I am using WMI to create different types of DNS records but am having a problem with SRV records. I keep getting a "Not found" error whenever I pass the DomainName parameter. The domain name looks good to me.
Has anyone ever successfully done this?
Here is my code:
internal static void CreateSrvRecordInDns(string Zone, string OwnerName, string DomainName, UInt16 Weight, UInt16 Priority, UInt16 Port)
{
DnsProvider dns = new DnsProvider();
ManagementClass mClass = new ManagementClass(dns.Session, new ManagementPath("MicrosoftDNS_SrvType"), null);
ManagementBaseObject inParams = mClass.GetMethodParameters("CreateInstanceFromPropertyData");
inParams["DnsServerName"] = dns.Server;
inParams["ContainerName"] = Zone;
inParams["OwnerName"] = OwnerName;
inParams["DomainName"] = DomainName; //Error occurs here
inParams["Port"] = Port;
inParams["Priority"] = Priority;
inParams["Weight"] = Weight;
mClass.InvokeMethod("CreateInstanceFromPropertyData", inParams, null);
dns.Dispose(ref inParams);
dns.Dispose(ref mClass);
}

Simply replace the problematic line with:
inParams["SRVDomainName"] = DomainName;
I don't know the reason, but when got the properties list by:
PropertyData[] pd = new PropertyData[inParams.Properties.Count];
inParams.Properties.CopyTo(pd,0);
This was the name of this field (Microsoft's bug?)
HTH.
P.S. In order to see the right format for each field, use wbemtest tool (wbemtest from command prompt), connect to root\MicrosoftDNS namespace and run the following query:
Select * from MicrosoftDNS_SRVType
You should use the same format as the instances listed in the answer).

I would like to add a bit of detail here for those who are still unable to get it...
If your domain Name is google.com and if the Record is : _finger._tcp.google.com pointing towards target host : hello.google.com then the variables and their values will be as under:
inParams["DnsServerName"] = dns.Server;
inParams["ContainerName"] = Zone; //google.com
inParams["OwnerName"] = OwnerName; //_finger._tcp.google.com
// Can't set domain name like this, leave this field
//inParams["DomainName"] = DomainName; //_tcp.google.com
//Set Target SRV Host here which is providing the service,,,
inParams["SRVDomainName"] = DomainName; //target Host : hello.google.com
inParams["Port"] = Port;
inParams["Priority"] = Priority;
inParams["Weight"] = Weight;
I have tested in by creating a sample application and creating zone google.com and setting an SRV record and its values as mentioned up. I hope it helps to those to whom other replies may sound it bit less explanatory.

The correct SRV record would be _finger._tcp.example.com.
I don't know WMI, but the system may be requiring you to create the "empty non-terminal" node for _tcp.example.com first.
EDIT
I believe I see the problem now - your OwnerName field should be the one to contain _finger._tcp.example.com. The DomainName field is supposed to contain the target of the SRV record.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682736%28v=VS.85%29.aspx