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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Getting Started with Silverlight 2 | |
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| The Importance of Data Access | |
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| Jumping In | |
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| Silverlight 2 Features | |
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| Framework Languages and .NET Support | |
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| Self-Describing Data Services | |
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| Loose Coupling with Data Services | |
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| Control Model | |
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| LINQ to Objects and LINQ to XML | |
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| LINQ | |
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| Language Enhancements | |
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| Automatic Properties in C# | |
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| Object Initializers | |
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| Collection Initializers | |
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| Extension Methods | |
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| Implicitly Typed Variables | |
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| Anonymous Types/Implicit Types | |
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| Anonymous Types and LINQ | |
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| Summary | |
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| Silverlight Data-Binding Foundations | |
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| Life Without Binding | |
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| Data Binding in Silverlight | |
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| FrameworkElement | |
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| Dependency Properties | |
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| XAML's Binding Markup Extensions | |
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| Binding Extension Properties | |
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| Simplified Binding | |
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| Runtime Binding | |
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| Creating Runtime Bindings | |
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| Removing a Binding | |
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| DataContext | |
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| DataContext and Source | |
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| DataContext Propagation | |
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| Binding in Blend | |
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| Summary | |
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| Modes and Notifications | |
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| Binding Modes | |
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| OneTime | |
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| OneWay | |
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| TwoWay | |
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| Modes Without Notifications | |
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| To Notify or Not to Notify | |
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| Notifications | |
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| Implementing the INotifyPropertyChanged Interface | |
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| Adding Notifications | |
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| Refactoring Options | |
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| Summary | |
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| Managing Lists, Templates, and Converters | |
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| Binding to List-Based Controls | |
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| Setting the ItemsSource | |
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| Binding Mode Considerations | |
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| Templates and Rows | |
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| DataTemplates As Resources | |
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| Complex Data Templates | |
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| Item Selection | |
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| Using Different Binding Modes | |
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| Lists and Notifications | |
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| ObservableCollection[left angle bracket]T[right angle bracket] | |
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| Changing a List[left angle bracket]T[right angle bracket] | |
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| Changing an ObservableCollection[left angle bracket]T[right angle bracket] | |
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| Converters | |
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| IValueConverter | |
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| Conversions | |
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| Summary | |
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| WCF, Web Services, and Cross-Domain Policies | |
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| ASMX Web Services | |
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| Creating an ASMX Web Service | |
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| Getting Started with the Example | |
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| Creating the ASMX Web Service | |
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| Referencing an ASMX Web Service | |
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| Returning ObservableCollection[left angle bracket]T[right angle bracket] | |
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| Consuming an ASMX Web Service | |
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| Bindings Again | |
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| Creating a Proxy | |
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| Asynchronous Invocation | |
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| Asynchronous Completion | |
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| Running the ASMX Web Service | |
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| Cross-Domain Calls and Policies | |
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| Understanding Cross-Domain Restrictions | |
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| Crossing the Boundary | |
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| Watching the Requests | |
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| Silverlight Policy File | |
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| The crossdomain.xml File | |
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| Cross-Domain Summary | |
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| Creating a Silverlight-Enabled WCF Service | |
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| Creating the WCF Web Service | |
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| Bindings | |
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| WCF Service Setup | |
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| Invoking the WCF Service | |
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| Calling Services Written by Other Developers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Passing Entities via WCF | |
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| Passing Entities Between Physical Tiers | |
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| Domain Model Entities | |
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| Silverlight and Entities | |
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| Serialization by Default | |
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| Serialization Attributes | |
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| Putting It Together | |
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| Using LINQ to SQL with Silverlight | |
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| LINQ to SQL Entity Serialization | |
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| Creating Entities with LINQ to SQL | |
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| Serving the LINQ to SQL Model | |
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| Consuming LINQ to SQL Entities from Silverlight | |
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| Silverlight and the Entity Framework | |
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| Creating the Entity Framework Model | |
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| Consuming Entity Framework Entities from Silverlight | |
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| Summary | |
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| Consuming RESTful Services with WebClient and HttpWebRequest | |
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| RESTful Primer | |
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| Basic HTTP Web Requests | |
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| RESTful Web Services Provide Resources | |
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| Unique URIs | |
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| Anatomy of a RESTful Service | |
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| WebClient | |
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| Preparing to Consume a RESTful Service with WebClient | |
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| Invoking a RESTful Service with WebClient | |
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| Creating the XAML for the UI | |
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| Invoking the Service with WebClient | |
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| Consuming the Response with LINQ to XML | |
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| Measuring Progress | |
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| HttpWebRequest | |
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| HttpWebRequest in Action | |
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| Working with the Callback | |
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| Crossing Threads | |
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| Threading with WebClient and HttpWebRequest | |
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| Summary | |
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| Consuming Amazon's RESTful Services with Silverlight 2 | |
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| Data in the Cloud | |
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| Creating an Amazon Shopping Cart | |
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| RESTful Actions | |
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| Searching for Books | |
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| Parsing Books with LINQ to XML | |
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| Binding the Search Results | |
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| Cart Operations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Creating RESTful Services and Introducing SilverTwit | |
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| Creating RESTful Services from WCF | |
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| Creating a RESTful Service | |
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| Creating the Service Interface | |
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| Configuring a RESTful Service | |
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| Defining the Contract | |
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| Consuming the REST-Friendly Service | |
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| Default Values | |
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| HTTP Status Codes | |
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| Servicing JSON | |
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| Defining a JSON Response | |
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| LINQ to JSON | |
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| Consuming Products Using LINQ to JSON | |
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| Serialized JSON | |
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| Posting Data to a RESTful Service | |
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| Defining POST Methods | |
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| Posting JSON and XML | |
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| Case Study: SilverTwit | |
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| SilverTwit Architecture | |
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| SilverTwit UI | |
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| SilverTwitWS RESTful Web Service | |
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| Caching | |
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| Tweeting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Syndication Feeds and Silverlight 2 | |
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| Syndicated Feeds | |
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| Requesting a Feed | |
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| Reading a Feed | |
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| Binding a Feed | |
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| Converters | |
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| Cross-Domain Policies | |
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| Aggregating Feeds | |
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| Summary | |
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| Silverlight 2 and ADO.NET Data Services | |
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| ADO.NET Data Services Overview | |
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| HTTP Methods | |
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| Message Formats | |
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| Metadata | |
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| Services over Custom Data Sources | |
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| Access Rules | |
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| RESTful Addressing | |
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| URI Options | |
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| Creating the Proxy Class | |
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| Async LINQ | |
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| ADO.NET Data Services over the Entity Framework | |
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| Creating Services on an Entity Data Model | |
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| Read Access | |
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| Extending the Client Model | |
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| The Client Hookup | |
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| Notification Implications | |
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| Delayed Loading | |
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| Query Interceptors | |
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| Change Interceptors | |
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| Extending the Service Operations | |
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| More Saving Options | |
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| Inserts and Object Graphs | |
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| Optimistic Concurrency | |
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| Summary | |
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| ADO.NET Data Services Quick Reference | |
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| Silverlight 2 Debugging with HTTP Sniffing Tools | |
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| Index | |