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How do I make a web service return text instead of xml?

Asked by 1_21gigawatts in Web Services and WCF, .NET Framework 3.x versions, WebApplications

Tags: aspx, vb, .net, service

I have a simple web service (copied from a book). I have it installed, and it works OK, but. this will become a much larger application, returning many lines of text, and the xml just gets in the way of my consumer of this data.

Instead of returning xml, I just want it to return plain text.
I'm sure there's a simple way to do this, but I'm a total newbie at this stuff (I really do microcontrollers). 
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Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols
 
' To allow this Web Service to be called from script, using ASP.NET AJAX, uncomment the following line.
' <System.Web.Script.Services.ScriptService()> _
<WebService(Namespace:="http://pvtest.org/")> _
<WebServiceBinding(ConformsTo:=WsiProfiles.BasicProfile1_1)> _
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.DesignerGenerated()> _
Public Class Service
    Inherits System.Web.Services.WebService
 
    <WebMethod()> _
    Public Function ServerTime() As String
        ServerTime = Left(Now.TimeOfDay().ToString(), 8)
    End Function
    <WebMethod()> _
    Public Function CalculatePercentage(ByVal mytotal _
     As Integer, ByVal myvalue As Integer) As Integer
        CalculatePercentage = CInt(myvalue * 100 / mytotal)
    End Function
 
End Class
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