Silverlight - Interacting with the server

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If silverlight is client side framework and it is used for developing web applications, then how does it interact with the server. If I am developing a web site in silverlight which also deals with the SQL server, How will it postback to the server?

Posted 19-Jan-11 0:51am

Pravin Patil, Mumbai

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Add a WCF service to the website hosting the Silverlight app.

Then in the silverlight code, add a service reference to the WCF service.

Google: calling wcf from silverlight

gives you plenty of tutorials etc.

Posted 19-Jan-11 2:14am

lmoelleb

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-19T02:22:00

Solution 3

You MUST use a web service to interact with a database from Silverlight. This link should get your started:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197940(v=vs.95).aspx[^]

Posted 19-Jan-11 2:22am

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Hiren solanki · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-19T01:11:00

Solution 1

Though Application is running from client side but It will always be live with the server. And interacts with server Asynchronously rather then loading and requesting page each time you are doing with ASP.Net mechanism.

You could use tool called fiddler[^] to have a watch every time SL apps requesting to server.

And for more information regarding silverlight App lifecycle you could refer MSDN[^].

Posted 19-Jan-11 1:11am

Hiren solanki

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Pravin Patil, Mumbai 19-Jan-11 7:19am

But still, how does silverlight decide as to which code is to be executed on client and which code is to be executed on server....?

Hiren solanki 19-Jan-11 7:22am

AFAIK all the code is executed at serverside client is just presenting.

lmoelleb 19-Jan-11 8:14am

No. Silverlight code executes client side.

Hiren solanki 19-Jan-11 8:27am

You just please put as a reply to person to whom you want to notify on. hover on pravin patil comment and click reply.