Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook

Chapter 10. Converting Your Existing Applications to Use Silverlight

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Calling a stored procedure from Silverlight
• Working with LINQ to SQL from Silverlight
• Working with the Entity Framework from Silverlight
• Converting a Silverlight application to use WCF RIA Services
• Using ASP.NET authentication in Silverlight
• Using ASP.NET roles in Silverlight
• Using ASP.NET profiles in Silverlight

Introduction

Building new applications costs a lot of money. In many real-world cases, there won't be enough budget to cover a complete migration to a new platform. A sometimes more logical approach is a phased migration, where parts of the application are replaced. If we already have a web application in place, it's feasible to add Silverlight ...