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<title>Adding a part to a message</title>
<shortdesc>All messages contain one or more parts. Parts are a flexible mechanism
for describing the logical abstract content of a message. The message definition
associates each part with a type using a message-typing attribute.</shortdesc>
<prolog><metadata>
<keywords><indexterm>Web services<indexterm>adding WSDL message parts</indexterm></indexterm>
<indexterm>WSDL files<indexterm>message parts</indexterm></indexterm></keywords>
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<context><p>To add a part to a message, complete the following steps:</p></context>
<steps>
<step><cmd>In Design view, right-click an input, output, or fault object and
click <b>Add Part</b>.</cmd><stepresult>The part is added to the input, output,
or fault's message reference. To select the part, click the part in the port
type object.</stepresult></step>
<step><cmd>In the Properties view, click the <b>General</b> pane.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>In the <b>Name</b> field, type the name of the part.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Your part can refer to either a <b>Type</b> or an <b>Element</b>.</cmd>
<info>Select the appropriate option as the <b>Reference Kind</b> .</info>
</step>
<step><cmd>If you selected <b>Type</b>, you now have the option of selecting
an XML schema data type from the <b>Type</b> drop down list.</cmd><info>The
list of types comes from any available referenced XML schemas.</info></step>
<step><cmd>If you selected <b>Element</b> , you now have the option of selecting
an XML schema element from the <b>Element</b> drop down list.</cmd><info>The
list of elements comes from any available referenced XML schemas.</info></step>
</steps>
<result><note type="tip"> You can also create a new part for your message
using the Outline view. Under the <b>Messages</b> folder, right-click your
element and click <b>Add Part</b>. Your part will automatically appear in
the Outline view (under the <b>Messages</b> folder), but it will only appear
in the Design view if the message you added it to currently does.</note></result>
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<related-links>
<linklist><title>Related concepts</title>
<link href="../concepts/cwsdled.dita" scope="local"></link>
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</linklist>
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