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WebClient.DownloadStringAsync Method

Silverlight

.NET Framework 4.5
.NET Framework 4
.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework 3.0
.NET Framework 2.0

Downloads the resource at the specified Uri as a string.

This member is overloaded. For complete information about this member, including syntax, usage, and examples, click a name in the overload list.

Overload List

	Name	Description
	DownloadStringAsync(Uri)	Downloads the resource at the specified Uri as a string.
	DownloadStringAsync(Uri, Object)	Downloads the resource at the specified Uri as a string.

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Reference

WebClient Class

System.Net Namespace

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Beware of caching

If the server sends an Expires header in the set to a time in the future, the method may not bother to hit the server. This is particularly true on WP7.

History

5/28/2012
Anthony Wieser