Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows Presentation Foundation

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1 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started with Windows Presentation Foundation 1 Exploring the New Features of WPF New WPF Controls for Business Applications... 3 Enhanced Support for WPF and Silverlight Applications... 3 Support for Touch-Enabled Applications... 3 Support for Easing Functions to Enhance Animations... 3 VSM to Enhance Controls Appearances... 4 Selection and Caret Brushes to Change Color... 4 Enhanced Support for WPF Text Rendering Stack... 4 Enhanced XBAPs... 5 Exploring the WPF 4.0 Architecture... 5 The PresentationFramework Component... 6 The PresentationCore Component... 6 The WindowsBase Component... 6 MIL or Milcore... 6 Exploring WPF 4.0 Class Hierarchy... 6 The System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject Class... 7 The System.Windows.DependencyObject Class... 8 The System.Windows.Freezable Class... 8 The System.Windows.Media.Visual Class... 8 The System.Windows.UIElement Class... 9 The System.Windows.FrameworkElement Class... 9 Exploring the WPF 4.0 Application Model The Application Class Types of WPF Applications Exploring the WPF 4.0 Designer Solution Explorer The Properties Window The Toolbox The Design View The XAML View The Split View Bar The Tag Navigator iii

2 WPF 4.0 in Simple Steps The Document Outline Window Compiling and Executing WPF 4.0 Applications Summary Chapter 2 Working with XAML in WPF 27 Exploring the XAML Element Tree Exploring XAML Object Elements Creating XAML Elements in the XAML View Creating XAML Elements in the Code-Behind File Exploring XAML Attributes Setting Properties Through the Attribute Syntax Setting Properties Through the Property Element Syntax Exploring XAML Namespaces Exploring Markup Extensions Summary Chapter 3 Working with WPF Controls and Dialog Boxes 37 Exploring WPF 4.0 Controls Container Controls Simple Controls Content Controls HeaderedContent Controls Items Controls HeaderedItems Controls Date Display and Selection Controls Data Display Controls Miscellaneous Controls Exploring Dialog boxes in WPF MessageBox SaveFile OpenFile Print Exploring Interoperability between Windows Forms and WPF Hosting a Windows Forms Control in a WPF Application Hosting a WPF Control in a Windows Forms Application Summary iv

3 Table of Contents Chapter 4 Working with Dependency Properties and Routed Events in WPF 93 Exploring Dependency Properties The DependencyProperty Class Property Value Inheritance Precedence of Dependency Property Values Callbacks for Dependency Properties Dependency Property Metadata Custom Dependency Properties Exploring Attached Properties Exploring Routed Events Handlers for Routed Events Routing Strategies Custom Routed Events Exploring Attached Events Exploring Lifetime Events Application Lifetime Events Window Lifetime Events Summary Chapter 5 Working with WPF Resources, Styles, Templates, Triggers, and Commands 125 Exploring WPF Resources Working with Static Resources Working with Dynamic Resources Exploring Styles in WPF Setting Styles through Resources Extending an Existing Style Exploring Templates in WPF The ControlTemplate Template The DataTemplate Template Exploring Triggers in WPF The Property Trigger Event Triggers Multi Triggers Data Triggers Exploring Commands in WPF v

4 WPF 4.0 in Simple Steps Command Sources Command Targets Command Binding Command Usage Summary Chapter 6 Working with Typography in WPF 145 ExploringTypography Features in WPF Text Rendering by Using the Microsoft ClearType Technology Support for the OpenType Font Format and International Fonts Enhanced Text Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Exploring Important Classes of Typography The TextDecoration Class The Typography Class The Transform Class The TextEffect Class The BitMapEffect Class Working with Typography Displaying Special Characters Adding Decorations to Text Wrapping Text Trimming Text Transforming Text Animating Text Adding Shadows to Text Applying the Blur Effect to Text Summary Chapter 7 Working with Documents in WPF 165 Exploring Types of WPF 4.0 Documents Fixed Documents Flow Documents Exploring Serialization and Deserialization of WPF 4.0 Documents Summary vi

5 Table of Contents Chapter 8 Working with Graphics in WPF 185 Exploring 2-D Graphics in WPF Working with 2-D Shapes Using Basic 2-D Shapes Working with 2-D Geometries Working with 2-D Brushes Working with 2-D Drawings Exploring 3-D Graphics in WPF D Scenes Cameras Lights Creation of a 3-D Scene Summary Chapter 9 Working with Animations and Multimedia in WPF 217 Exploring Animation in WPF Exploring Essentials of Animation in WPF Exploring Types of Animations Exploring Multimedia in WPF Images Audio and Video Summary Chapter 10 Data Binding in WPF 247 Introducing the Binding Class Introducing the Components of WPF Data Bindings Understanding Data Binding Declarations Declaring Data Binding in the XAML Code Declaring Data Binding in the Code-Behind File Working with Data Binding Sources Binding to CLR Objects Binding to DependencyObject Objects Binding to an ADO.NET Object Binding to an XML Object Exploring Data Flow Directions Understanding the OneTime Binding Mode vii

6 WPF 4.0 in Simple Steps Understanding the OneWay Binding Mode Understanding the TwoWay Binding Mode Understanding the OneWayToSource Binding Mode Implementing Data Validation Summary Chapter 11 Working with Animations and Multimedia in WPF 273 Exploring Deployment Technologies The Windows Installer Deployment Technology The ClickOnce Deployment Technology The XCopy Deployment Technology Deploying WPF Standalone Applications Deploying XBAPs Summary viii