a tour of windows presentation foundation (wpf)

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A tour of Windows Presentation Foundation

Mike TaultyDeveloper & Platform GroupMicrosoft LtdMike.Taulty@microsoft.com http://www.miketaulty.com

WPF is a framework for rich apps

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applications built with WPF

built in .NET on top of Direct3D

*this makes graphics cards significant to the performance of the application

man

aged

man

aged

unmanaged

unmanaged

there are 3 public versions

2006 w/Vista

2007w/VS 2008

2008w/VS 2008 Sp1

Windows XP Service Pack 2+Windows XP Service Pack 2+

Windows VistaWindows Vista

Windows 7Windows 7

it provides a unified frameworkVector DrawnVector Drawn H/W AcceleratedH/W Accelerated Retained GraphicsRetained GraphicsLogical PixelsLogical Pixels

LayoutLayout CompositionCompositionDatabindingDatabinding AnimationAnimationTransformatioTransformationn EffectsEffects

development makes use of XAML

eXtensible Application Markup Language

Provides separation of concerns for UI/codeDrives tooling for designer/developer workflowLoad dynamically or compile with codeExtensible to your own types

XAML is often “backed” by code

XAML markup languagedefines UI

.NET code handles interaction

WPF .NET Application

tooling for WPF in 2008Develop with Visual Studio 2008 Sp1Develop with Visual Studio 2008 Sp1

Design Styles & Interaction in Expression Blend 2 Sp1Design Styles & Interaction in Expression Blend 2 Sp1

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“Hello World” in WPF

rich set of 2D graphical capabilities

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2D Graphics in WPF

extensible facilities for layout

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layout in WPF

rich set of 3D graphical capabilities

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3D Graphics in WPF

rich set of media capabilities

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media in WPF

capabilities for documents & text

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documents/text in WPF

rich set of controlsCodePlex adds

WPF ToolkitDataGridCalendarDatePicker

WPF RibbonWPF Futures with more

many controls are content controls

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content controls in WPF

controls have visual templates

Separation of control behaviour from control appearance

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templating a control

you can build your own controls

UserControl for composition of controlsPanel for custom layoutControl for ultimate flexibility incl. templating

or look to 3rd parties

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3rd party WPF controls

a unified framework

all with the same, consistent programming model

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a unified framework

resources and styles

Elements have a dictionary of resources identified by KeyResources from various files can be merged into oneResolution of a resource is a hierarchical lookup

resources

styles

Styles contain setters for Properties and ValuesStyles can be applied by type or by keyStyles can derived from other styles

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resources and styles

built-in animation system

Animation is driven by Storyboards

StoryboardStoryboard

DoubleAnimationDoubleAnimation

ColorAnimationColorAnimation

etcetc

PointAnimationPointAnimation

built-in triggering system

Declarative means of taking action when something happens

When some propertyWhen some propertyhits some value hits some value

When some dataWhen some datahits some valuehits some value

When some eventWhen some eventhappenshappens

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animations & triggers

databinding is core in WPF

Elements have a DataContextResolution of declarative bindings is done by hierarchically examining an element’s DataContextButtonButton

GridGrid

databinding is core in WPF

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databinding

deploying WPF applications

XAML Browser Application(XBAP) ClickOnce Application

Full Client

if we had a day...more topics

*there are no doubt many more topics we’ve omitted

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