title: Silverlight Asnyc method not executed
body: <p>I'm working on a Silverlight site, which requires me to read from an XML file. This file is located server-side. The user cannot select one of their own files.</p>
  
  <p>Silverlight cannot read files in its own folders. Only via OpenFileDialog can Silverlight read a file, but this file is uploaded by the user and considered to be a stream. As I said before, the file I need to read is not uploaded, but resides in the same map as the XAP file. Here's a screenshot of my VS2010 solution explorer:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FyT0c.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>So, as you can see, the file is included. Do note: this is not intended to become a finished product, it's just something I'm working on to get to know Silverlight better.</p>
  
  <p>I got the code I am using from this blog: <a href="http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2009/02/10/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-93-reading-xml-with-silverlight.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://blogs.silverlight.net/blogs/msnow/archive/2009/02/10/silverlight-tip-of-the-day-93-reading-xml-with-silverlight.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p>I've pasted the entire class in a pastebin page, as it is a little much to paste here(but not too much to give it a read :P ): <a href="http://pastebin.com/eEMGGxsB" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://pastebin.com/eEMGGxsB</a></p>
  
  <p>The method tied to the DownloadStringCompleted EventHandler is never executed. Nor will the Debugger step in to it.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone tell me what it is that's going on here?</p>