Risolto con :
<script src="Scripts/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script>
<div>
<br />
sotto
</div>
<div>
<input type="button" id="Hello" value="HelloWorld" />
<br />
</div><script type="text/javascript">
$('#Hello').click(function () {
alert("primo");
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'http://localhost:2682/WS.asmx/HelloWorld',
dataType: "xml",
data: "{}",
contentType: "application/xml; charset=utf-8",
success: function (data) {
edata = $(data).find("string").text();
alert(edata);
},
error: function () {
alert("Error:");
}
});
});
</script>