Dynamic Web Service URL

I'm using a .Net based web service to fetch data. The exported XCelsius will be deployed on the customer's environment along with the web service. In that case, the SWF file should connect to web service deployed on my customer site. But, it looks for the hard coded path of the web service. In XCelsius designer, there is no option to pick the web service URL from a cell, as available in the "XML data" button. Is there any other way to pass on the Web Service URL dynamically to the SWF file. Please note, I may use more that one web service connectors in my SWF file.

With regards to the Web Service Connector in CX, you can dynamically set the URL/end point path of the Web Service if you have installed the latest hotfix of CX:
http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/FilesAndUpdates/crystal_xcelsius_4.5_hotfix.zip.asp
After, you will see in the properties of the Web Service Connector by tying it to a cell in the speadsheet.

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Has anyone noticed a reduction to the limit on URL length for Web Services between LV versions 2012 and 2013?
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Solution found. Apparently starting in LV 2013, there is a default limit of 512 to the URL length. The default limit may be overridden as described below.
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This is Brian in Applications Engineering from National Instruments. I am following up regarding the 511 character limit in your Web Service HTTP request following the port number. After some research I've figured out that the issue is related to a default web server setting called "LimitUri," which limits the maximum length of a URL. The default setting is 512 characters which is why we are seeing this issue.
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