I need a way to just see if a wsdl is up. I don't need to do anything with the wsdl.

So for example when the wsdl

http://testserver:9001/services/PIXManager?wsdl is available I get an xml output. When it is not I get a page cannot be displayed. What is the best way to check if a wsdl is just available and act or move ahead if it is not.

Are you asking how to determine if a web service is running.  THe WSDLL is mostly just xml that is used to generate a proxy. The service behind the WSDL can be down and the  WSDL page will still be there.

You need to check based on the specifc web service.  YOu can alsl assum that if the page erros that the service proxy is not availablel.  THe service itself may still be available but you cannot detect that unless arrangements have been made for you to do this.

I recommend that you post in the web developers forum for an answer to this.