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RESTful proxy-less WCF clients for .NET, .NET Compact Framework, and Silverlight

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7 Feb 2010CPOL6 min read 51.3K   925   46  
Sample WCF clients for three different platforms with no code duplication and no generated proxies.
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    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
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    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>SilverlightClient.Web</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>SilverlightClient.Web</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <SilverlightApplicationList>{883458E0-A1DD-4CFA-A8E6-E97176151880}|..\SilverlightClient\SilverlightClient.csproj|ClientBin|False</SilverlightApplicationList>
  </PropertyGroup>
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    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
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    <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
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    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
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    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core">
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    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Extensions">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
    <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Services" />
    <Reference Include="System.EnterpriseServices" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web.Mobile" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="clientaccesspolicy.xml" />
    <Content Include="ClientBin\SilverlightClient.xap" />
    <Content Include="Silverlight.js" />
    <Content Include="Default.aspx" />
    <Content Include="Web.config" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="App_Data\" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v9.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
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  </Target>
  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
  </Target>
  -->
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          <AutoAssignPort>True</AutoAssignPort>
          <DevelopmentServerPort>62213</DevelopmentServerPort>
          <DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
          <IISUrl>
          </IISUrl>
          <NTLMAuthentication>False</NTLMAuthentication>
          <UseCustomServer>False</UseCustomServer>
          <CustomServerUrl>
          </CustomServerUrl>
          <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
        </WebProjectProperties>
      </FlavorProperties>
    </VisualStudio>
  </ProjectExtensions>
</Project>

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