With Silverlight, you can specify whether the browser or the client provides HTTP handling for your Silverlight-based applications. By default, HTTP handling is performed by the browser and you must opt-in to client HTTP handling. Client HTTP handling provides greater flexibility for sending request headers, enables you to call HTTP methods other than GET and POST, and access the response message
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