I followed the Java example in the documentation, but netbeans returns an error when I try to add a Web Service reference to the project.

Error:
"Problem with downloading wsdl or schema file.
Check the URL, proxy settings or whether the server is running.

URL: http://snapi.dataline.co.uk/SnAPIService.svc?wsdl"

I can open the link in a browser just fine and I have installed the SOAP plugin.

I recieve the same error even if I manually download the xml file and point netbeans to it locally.

Yes exactly the same problem.

However, if I click on 'Services' in the sidebar (next to Projects), then right click on 'Web Services' and then 'Add' and input the url there, it seems to work, and I can drag the methods into the class as in the video.

Bizzare that it should do this but I'm not complaining if it works!