SSIS Web Service Complex Type Inputs

Hi,

I am trying to make a call to a third-party web service in my SSIS package. The request has custom complex data type as the parameter. As has been pointed out in this forum before, the Web Service Task only lets you assign the outside parameter from a variable, not the internal parameters needed to create the complex data type.

To be more specific, the web service input wants a 'ContactSearchRequest' parameter. I can assign this from a variable. If I click on the 'value' field under the 'Input' section for the web service task, it shows me that the 'ContactSearchRequest' data type is made up of the following:

contactId - long
numResults - int
offset - int
passKey - string
searchParam - string
sortType - int

Unfortunately, I can't assign these internal parameters from a variable, at least not through the web service task interface.

My next thought was to create a variable of type 'object' and then set it in a script task prior to calling the web service task. However, I'm not sure exactly how to do this. How will my script know about the class definition of 'ContactSearchRequest'? Do I just create a class called 'ContactSearchRequest'?

I've used this same web service in a .NET C# project and after I imported the web service, visual studio knew all about the custom data types. How do I do something similar in SSIS?

Of course, the easiest solution would for Integration Service to allow me to set those internal parameters via variables, but we're apparently not there yet.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Trey