Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed (WPF)
Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.\ Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a key component of the .NET Framework 3.0, giving you the power to create richer and more compelling applications than you dreamed possible. Whether you want to develop traditional user interfaces or integrate 3D graphics, audio/video, animation, dynamic skinning, rich document support, speech recognition, or more, WPF enables...
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Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a key component of the .NET Framework 3.0, giving you the power to create richer and more compelling applications than you dreamed possible. Whether you want to develop traditional user interfaces or integrate 3D graphics, audio/video, animation, dynamic skinning, rich document support, speech recognition, or more, WPF enables you to do so in a seamless, resolution-independent manner. Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed is the authoritative book that covers it all, in a practical and approachable fashion, authored by .NET guru and Microsoft developer Adam Nathan.· Covers everything you need to know about Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)· Examines the WPF feature areas in incredible depth: controls, layout, resources, data binding, styling, graphics, animation, and more· Features a chapter on 3D graphics by Daniel Lehenbauer, lead developer responsible for WPF 3D· Delves into non-mainstream topics: speech, audio/video, documents, bitmap effects, and more· Shows how to create popular UI elements, such as features introduced in the 2007 Microsoft Office System: Galleries, ScreenTips, custom control layouts, and more· Demonstrates how to create sophisticated UI mechanisms, such as Visual Studio-like collapsible/dockable panes· Explains how to develop and deploy all types of applications, including navigation-based applications, applications hosted in a Web browser, and applications with great-looking non-rectangular windows· Explains how to create first-class custom controls for WPF· Demonstrates how to create hybrid WPF software that leverages Windows Forms, ActiveX, or other non-WPF technologies· Explains how to exploit new Windows Vista features in WPF applications
PART I Background1 Why Windows Presentation Foundation?2 XAML Demystified3 Important New Concepts in WPFPART II Building a WPF Application4 Introducing WPF’s Controls5 Sizing, Positioning, and Transforming Elements6 Layout with Panels7 Structuring and Deploying an ApplicationPART III Features for Professional Developers8 Resources9 Data Binding10 Styles, Templates, Skins, and ThemesPART IV Going Beyond Today’s Applications with Rich Media11 2D Graphics12 3D Graphics13 Animation14 Audio, Video, Speech, and DocumentsPART V Advanced Topics15 Interoperability with Win32, Windows Forms, and ActiveX16 User Controls and Custom Controls17 Layout with Custom PanelsPART VI Appendix: Helpful ToolsIndex
\ From Barnes & NobleThe Barnes & Noble Review\ Windows Presentation Foundation will make it significantly easier to create state-of-the-art user interfaces for your Windows .NET applications. This book smoothes out WPF's non-trivial learning curve. It combines a solid introduction to core concepts with practical guidance on actually exploiting the technology. \ WPF's meat-and-potatoes features are covered in exceptional detail: controls, layout, resources, binding, styling, graphics, animation, you name it. Want to use some of Microsoft's innovative Office 2007-like interface elements? Use slick collapsible/dockable panes? Create "declarative" UIs that are simple to restyle? Build interfaces that encompass speech or multimedia? Construct "navigation-based" applications? The authors walk you through all that, and more.\ By the way, unlike older books in the Unleashed series, this one's in full color. That's more valuable than you might expect in a programming book. For example, its myriad code samples are color-coded to match what you'll see in Visual Studio. Nifty. Bill Camarda, from the February 2007 Read Only\ \ \
