Problem:

SOA Express .NET Web Services require that an IIS alias be created first

Generating an eBiz Transaction as a .NET web service will fail with the following error prior to auto-deploying any eBiz Transaction in the SOA Express project:

NMAKE : fatal error

U1077: 'wsdl' : return code '0x1'

This is because the .NET web service generation process requires that an IIS alias be created first.  SOA Express creates the required IIS alias for the project when the first eBiz Transaction in the project is auto-deployed to IIS.

Resolution:

The workaround is to create an eBiz Transaction as a non-web service first and then auto-deploy the eBiz Transaction to IIS.  Then regenerate the eBiz Transaction as a Web Service and redeploy.  The workaround is only required for the first eBiz Transaction in a new project or for the first time you deploy an eBiz in a project to a remote IIS server.