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Pro WPF in C# 2008 - Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5
of: Matthew MacDonald
Apress, 2008
ISBN: 9781430205760 , 1040 Pages
2. Edition
Format: PDF, Read online
Copy protection: DRM
Contents at a Glance
5
Contents
6
About the Author
21
About the Technical Reviewer
22
Acknowledgments
23
Introduction
24
About This Book
25
Introducing WPF
29
Understanding Windows Graphics
29
WPF: A Higher- Level API
32
The Architecture of WPF
43
The Last Word
48
XAML
49
Understanding XAML
50
XAML Basics
53
Properties and Events in XAML
58
Using Types from Other Namespaces
72
Loading and Compiling XAML
74
The Last Word
82
The Application
84
The Application Life Cycle
84
Application Tasks
91
The Last Word
101
Layout
102
Understanding Layout in WPF
102
Simple Layout with the StackPanel
106
The WrapPanel and DockPanel
113
The Grid
118
Coordinate- Based Layout with the Canvas
131
Layout Examples
136
The Last Word
141
Content
143
Understanding Content Controls
143
Specialized Containers
149
Decorators
159
The Last Word
162
Dependency Properties and Routed Events
163
Understanding Dependency Properties
163
Understanding Routed Events
175
WPF Events
189
The Last Word
203
Classic Controls
204
The Control Class
204
Content Controls
215
Text Controls
227
List Controls
231
Range- Based Controls
236
The Last Word
239
Windows
240
The Window Class
240
Window Interaction
247
Nonrectangular Windows
252
Vista- Style Windows
260
The Last Word
268
Pages and Navigation
269
Understanding Page- Based Navigation
269
Page- Based Interfaces
270
The Page History
281
The Navigation Service
284
XAML Browser Applications
297
The Last Word
311
Commands
312
Understanding Commands
312
The WPF Command Model
314
Executing Commands
318
Advanced Commands
329
The Last Word
338
Resources
340
Assembly Resources
340
Localization
346
Object Resources
356
The Last Word
370
Styles
372
Style Basics
372
Triggers
383
Last Word
388
Shapes, Transforms, and Brushes
389
Understanding Shapes
389
Transforms
407
Better Brushes
412
Bitmap Effects
425
The Last Word
430
Geometries, Drawings, and Visuals
431
Paths and Geometries
431
Drawings
447
Visuals
453
The Last Word
465
Control Templates
466
Understanding Logical Trees and Visual Trees
466
Understanding Templates
472
Creating Control Templates
479
Organizing Template Resources
486
Building More Complex Templates
495
The Last Word
511
Data Binding
512
Data Binding Basics
512
Binding to a Database with Custom Objects
528
Binding to a Collection of Objects
537
Data Conversion
547
Validation
557
The Last Word
569
Data Templates, Data Views, and Data Providers
571
Data Binding Redux
571
Data Templates
572
Data Views
594
Data Providers
610
The Last Word
616
Lists, Trees, Toolbars, and Menus
617
The ItemsControl Class
618
The ListView
627
The TreeView
641
Menus
650
Toolbars and Status Bars
656
The Last Word
661
Documents
662
Understanding Documents
662
Flow Documents
663
Read- Only Flow Document Containers
687
Editing a Flow Document
693
Fixed Documents
700
Annotations
702
Last Word
715
Printing
716
Basic Printing
716
Custom Printing
729
Print Settings and Management
738
Printing Through XPS
743
The Last Word
747
Animation
748
Understanding WPF Animation
748
Basic Animation
750
Declarative Animation and Storyboards
765
Animation Types Revisited
782
The Last Word
801
Sound and Video
802
Playing WAV Audio
802
The MediaPlayer
806
The MediaElement
808
Speech
823
The Last Word
827
3-D Drawing
828
3- D Drawing Basics
829
Deeper into 3- D
842
Interactivity and Animations
857
The Last Word
872
Custom Elements
873
Understanding Custom Elements in WPF
874
Building a Basic User Control
876
Lookless Controls
888
Extending an Existing Control
897
Custom Panels
905
Custom- Drawn Elements
913
The Last Word
920
Interacting with Windows Forms
921
Assessing Interoperability
921
Mixing Windows and Forms
924
Creating Windows with Mixed Content
932
The Last Word
943
Multithreading and Add-Ins
944
Multithreading
944
Application Add- Ins
957
The Last Word
980
ClickOnce Deployment
981
Application Deployment
981
A Simple ClickOnce Publication
985
ClickOnce Options
993
The Last Word
997
Index
998
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