10 Things Silverlight Devs Need to Know About the Windows Runtime: Listing 1.
Making a call in Silverlight with WebClient.
- By Michael Crump
- 12/01/2012
void SearchBtn_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
string topic = txtSearchTopic.Text;
string diggUrl = String.Format(
"http://services.digg.com/stories/topic/{0}?count=20&appkey=http%3A%2F%2Fscottgu.com",
topic);
// Initiate Async Network call to Digg
WebClient diggService = new WebClient();
diggService.DownloadStringCompleted += new
DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(
DiggService_DownloadStoriesCompleted);
diggService.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(diggUrl));
}
void DiggService_DownloadStoriesCompleted(object sender,
DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Error == null)
{
// Call a Method that parses the XML data.
DisplayStories(e.Result);
}
}
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