In this article we are going to explore the WCF Ria Services with Silverlight 5. Lets start with the basics for the first timers . Create a new SL project as shown below : Note the DLLs that are added when you enable WCF RIA Service support . In the web project Add New Item . Add a Data Model as shown below : Then Build the Solution . It is necessary you give it a build otherwise when we create a Domain Service , the Data Model would not be recognised by the Domain Service . Creating a Domain Service : In the Web project , add a Domain Service . Add new Domain Service class Dialog appears . Select the Article Entity . A couple of classes are generated as shown below : Give it a Build again . Go to the Data Menu and click Show Data Sources . Data Sources Panel should now show the DataDomainContext . Under that Article . Select the Article and a drop down appears . say Customize as shown below : Go ahead and attach the DataGrid Control to the Data Source . You could select themes as well. Notice the change in the icon . Now go to the Design Screen . Simply drag and drop the entity into the MainPage layout area . A datagrid should be added automatically now . Make sure AutoGenerateColumns="True" . Build and Run it. In the next post we will check out some advanced concepts in WCF Ria Services . Till then Happy Coding .
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