Hi,

 I have consumed asp.net web service in silverlight project and it returns array of string. So I want to receive that array of string

from silverlight application. how do i do that???

here is my code in page.xaml.cs file

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Xml;
namespace nav_TO
{
    public partial class Page : UserControl
    {
        public string[] received=new string[3];
       

        public Page()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            jaykONE.getXMLSoapClient getContent = new nav_TO.jaykONE.getXMLSoapClient();
             getContent.gotXMLAsync();
        
            getContent.gotXMLCompleted += new EventHandler<nav_TO.jaykONE.gotXMLCompletedEventArgs>(getContent_gotXMLCompleted);
            place = 0;
        }

        void getContent_gotXMLCompleted(object sender, nav_TO.jaykONE.gotXMLCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
   received = e.Result ;

// above line creates problem it says can not implicitly convert string to string[].
         

        }

Jay

Are you sure it returns an array of string? It doesn't look that way from the error you received.

I think you mixed up string[] and string

Do you want to set a string with length 3?

Actually, in your code behind, you create an array of string, which means three string.

However, your ASP.NET Service returns a string not an array of string.

Just to create public string receive = "";

Then you can do the trick.

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SteveWong (HongKong)
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Thank you Steve & Bill,

Here I am posting my web service code. You can see it returns array of string.

public class getXML : System.Web.Services.WebService
{
    public string[] tabData=new string[3];
    public int prevID;
    public bool received;
    public getXML()
    {

        //Uncomment the following line if using designed components
        //InitializeComponent();
    }


    [WebMethod]
    public string[] gotXML()
    {
      
        XmlReaderSettings xset = new XmlReaderSettings();
        XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("http://technologyopinion.com/Documents/smartTab_data.xml", xset);
        while (reader.Read())
        {
            switch (reader.NodeType)
            {
                case XmlNodeType.Element: // The node is an element.
                    if (reader.Name == "tab")
                    {
                        reader.MoveToFirstAttribute();
                        if (reader.Value == "2")
                            prevID = 0;
                        if(reader.Value=="3")
                           prevID=1;
                        if (reader.Value == "4")
                            prevID = 2;
                    }
                    break;

                case XmlNodeType.Text: //Display the text in each element.

                    tabData[prevID] = tabData[prevID] + "  " + reader.Value;
                    break;


            }

        }
       
                //return tabData[0].ToString () + "*" + tabData[1].ToString () + "*" + tabData[2].ToString ();

               //Previously I was doing above thing, which concates values of three array element but after

                //receiving this at silverlight side I need to do heavy  string manipulation to separate each

            //string array data.So I would like to return whole array of string tabData.
       

return tabData;
    }
}

Jay

Did the service at one point return just a string? Have you tried updating the web reference?

Great jackbond,

 I tried couple of things and it worked.

For anyone else who may face this problem, I tried following,

1. first I formatted e.Result to ToArray():

 void getContent_gotXMLCompleted(object sender, nav_TO.jaykONE.gotXMLCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
   received = e.Result.ToArray();

        }

2. I updated the web reference by right clicking on service reference and choosing update.

 So I am now finally able to receive array of string in silverlight 2 project.

Jay

If you set a breakpoint on

jay nanavati:

received = e.Result.ToArray();

 what type is e.Result?

I'm guessing it's List<string> Depending on your ultimate usage, you can choose whether or not you want/need to cast it to an array.