# How To Call  External Web Service  From  Applinx  5.2.1

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-call-external-web-service-from-applinx-5-2-1/182324>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Mainframe-Integration, ApplinX\
**Created:** [June 12, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-call-external-web-service-from-applinx-5-2-1/182324 "2015-06-12T11:58:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![KPM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@KPM](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/KPM)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-call-external-web-service-from-applinx-5-2-1/182324/1 "2015-06-12T11:58:10Z")

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Error

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. —\> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.  
at WebSerivce\_Counter.convertLicense(String License) in d:\InetPub\seven\wsCSMotor\App\_Code\WebSerivce\_Counter.cs:line 176  
— End of inner exception stack trace —

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**Author:** ![Gadi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/gadi/32/16051_2.png) [@Gadi](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Gadi)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-call-external-web-service-from-applinx-5-2-1/182324/2 "2015-06-16T07:43:44Z")

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I’m afraid we don’t have any useful information to add based solely on this exception.  
A lot was changed since 5.2.1 so I’m not sure if additional logs will help.  
As 5.2.1 is out of support we can’t get further into this.

Regards,  
Gadi

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/how-to-call-external-web-service-from-applinx-5-2-1/182324/3 "2021-04-02T15:33:35Z")

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