Web Start and Web Services

Hi,
I have a web services client which I have set up to run through web start. My only problem is that now that I am running through web start, the client cannot connect to the service.
The code runs to the point when it attempts to make the actual connection. Can anyone provide any words of wisdom as to why this might be happening? I'd really like to get this going, so if anyone has any ideas, I would be very grateful.
Thanks in advance.
Steve

Hi,
Sorry, I think the problem may have something to do with security. I've noticed that when I run the jar, I am not shown a dialog which states that the application is requesting full access to the computer. I am signing the jar, so I'm not sure what's going on.
This is my JNLP:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jnlp spec="1.0+" codebase="http://www.informavores.com/hosted/enterprise/start" href="Firefly.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Firefly Designer</title>
<vendor>Informavores</vendor>
<homepage href="index.jsp" />
<description>Powerful decision support systems for real people.</description>
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.3+" />
<jar href="Firefly.jar" />
</resources>
<application-desc main-class="com.informavores.firefly.designer.DesignerMain" />
<security>
�� <j2ee-application-client-permissions/>
</security>
</jnlp>
If you have any ideas, that would be great.
I was a bit vague as I thought someone might say - you can't have a web services client through web start - I've discovered now that you definitely can.
Cheers,
Steve

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