Connect to XML file at web address for WP7 app

Question

I\'ve been trying to learn the ins-and-outs of Windows Phone 7 programming over the past few weeks. I have learned most of the basics but I\'ve been having trouble finding a tut

Answer 1

UPDATE:

I think you were right that the problem may be when I call GetRoster. This is the context in which I'm calling it:

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namespace TwitterMix
{
public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
{
    // Constructor
    public MainPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }


    private void GetRoster()
    {
        WebClient rstr = new WebClient();

        rstr.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(roster_DownloadStringCompleted);
        rstr.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://www.danfess.com/data.xml"));
    }

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What would be the correct place in which to call it? By the way I'm sorry about the code sections not appearing correctly.

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Hey guys! Thanks for the help! I didn't create an account earlier so this is probably going to show up as an answer since I'm on a different computer. I did my best in changing that Twitter Tutorial into what I am trying to do. I'm getting no errors but it's not showing any content within the emulator. I created an XML file and uploaded it to my personal website. Unfortunately, I cannot get the code sample button to work even remotely well. So I'm sorry this looks so poorly. The XML file contained this info:

  Blake25
  Jane29
  Bryce29
  Colin29

Here is MainPage.xaml.cs:

private void GetRoster()
    {
        WebClient rstr = new WebClient();

        rstr.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(roster_DownloadStringCompleted);
        rstr.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri("http://www.MyPersonalWebsiteURL.com/data.xml"));
    }

    void roster_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Error != null)
            return;

        XElement xmlPersons = XElement.Parse(e.Result);

        var list = new List();

        foreach (XElement person in xmlPersons.Elements("person"))
        {
            var name = person.Element("name").Value;
            var age = person.Element("age").Value;


            list.Add(new RosterViewModel
            {
                Name = name,
                Age = age,
             });
        }

        rosterList.ItemsSource = list;
    }


    public class RosterViewModel
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Age { get; set; }
    }
}

Now MainPage.xaml:

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However! When I run the app in the emulator I receive no errors, but no content is displayed whatsoever. I know the solution is probably very simple so I'd like to reiterate how much your help means to me. Thanks very much for any advice you can provide.