Starting two WebClient.UploadStringAsync calls subsequently

http, silverlight

Solution

You need to use multiple instances of `WebClient`.

 var wc1 = new WebClient();
 wc1.UploadStringCompleted += (s, args) => {
    // do stuff when first upload completes
 }
 wc1.UploadString(uri1,str1);

 var wc2 = new WebClient();
 wc2.UploadStringCompleted += (s, args) => {
    // do stuff when second upload completes
    // might happen before first has completed
 }
 wc2.UploadString(uri2,str2);

Problem

When calling WebClient.UploadStringAsync twice, without waiting for the WebClient.UploadStringCompleted event, the following exception is thrown: "WebClient does not support concurrent I/O operations" Apparently, this is not supported. The reason for wanting to start multiple HTTP POST requests without having to wait for the previous response to arrive is because of performance; I want to avoid the round trip delay. Is there a workaround for this limitation?

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