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Synchronous Web Service Calls with Silverlight: Dispelling the async-only myth

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16 Nov 2008LGPL311 min read 423.9K   4K   81  
In this article, we look at the asynchronous web service model in Silverlight, and how it can be augmented to allow synchronous web service calls. We also explore efficient channel caching, and asynchronous Silverlight Unit Tests.
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