// Pull settings from application settings
            String nameSpace = Properties.Settings.Default.CAMNamespace;
            String userName = Properties.Settings.Default.Username;
            String passWord = Properties.Settings.Default.Password;


            // Create a new cognos auth object
            auth = new AuthService();
            auth.Url = url;

            LogonRequestType authRequest = new LogonRequestType();
            authRequest.credentials = new CredentialType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements = new CredentialElementType[3];

            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[0] = new CredentialElementType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[0].name = "CAMNamespace";
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[0].value = new ValueElementType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[0].value.Item = nameSpace;

            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[1] = new CredentialElementType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[1].name = "CAMUsername";
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[1].value = new ValueElementType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[1].value.Item = userName;

            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[2] = new CredentialElementType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[2].name = "CAMPassword";
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[2].value = new ValueElementType();
            authRequest.credentials.credentialElements[2].value.Item = passWord;

            // Login to the server
            LogonResponseType authResp = auth.logon(authRequest);

            // Retrieve the CAM Passport so that the WebClient can use it later to download results
            String passport = "";
            foreach (XmlNode node in auth.biBusHeaderValue.Any[1].GetElementsByTagName("setCookieVars")[0].ChildNodes)
            {
                if (node.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element && node.Name == "item")
                {
                    if ((node as XmlElement).GetElementsByTagName("name")[0].InnerXml == "cam_passport")
                    {
                        passport = (node as XmlElement).GetElementsByTagName("value")[0].InnerXml;
                    }
                }
            }

            sessionPassport = passport;