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1 DEV340 MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 1

2 Chief Architect, IDesignInc. ( Microsoft Regional Director/MVP Writing Developing Applications with Windows Workflow Foundation, LiveLessons, June 2007 Smart Client Deployment with ClickOnce, Addison-Wesley, Dec 2006 Data Binding in Windows Forms 2.0, Addison-Wesley, January 2006 MSDN Magazine, MSDN Online, CoDe Magazine, TheServerSide.NET, asp.netpro, Visual Studio Magazine Speaking Microsoft TechEd US, Europe, Malaysia, Visual Studio Connections, DevTeach, INETA Speakers Bureau, MSDN Webcasts Participates in Microsoft Design Reviews Blog: WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability Overview Hosting WPF Controls in Windows Forms Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF Interoperability Challenges Using Property Maps Visual Studio 2008 Design-Time Support MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 2

3 WPF adoption is not all or nothing Leverage existing investment in Windows Forms controls or applications Use the capabilities of WPF incrementatallyas needed WPF design tools are immature Microsoft Visual Studio tools not released Microsoft Expression Blend for UI designers, not as much for developers (although pretty good for the latter as well) Windows Forms control suite is more comprehensive than WPF (at this point in time) DataGridView/DataGrid Xceed / Infragistics/etc. options BindingNavigator ColorDialog DateTimePicker ErrorProvider FontDialog FolderBrowserDialog MaskedTextBox etc. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 3

4 Can easily host WPF controls in Windows Forms Windows Forms controls in WPF Direction choice WPF in Windows Forms Existing Windows Forms app that you are adding new graphics capabilities to Windows Forms in WPF Leverage existing investment in Windows Forms controls or compensate for missing controls in WPF WPF and Windows Forms controls and components are still just.net class instances References to objects on the heap Can use non-visual components from either framework in the other Ex: WPF Line object is just a data structure Rendering engines are very different, so need different screen ownership model Shared screen areas may not behave as expected MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 4

5 WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability Overview Hosting WPF Controls in Windows Forms Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF InteropChallenges Using Property Maps Visual Studio 2008 Design-Time Support ElementHost Windows Forms control that hosts a single WPF Element Typically a composite WPF control Provides rendering container for hosted WPF element within a Form/Control Hosting Windows Forms Control in WPF Exposes properties to control the presentation of the hosted element within the ElementHost container MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 5

6 Create or obtain the WPF control Create the Windows Forms host application Add reference to the WindowsFormsIntegration assembly Create an ElementHost control in the Windows Form Create instance of WPF control Set the WPF control as the Child of the ElementHost Add the host to the Controls collection for the container Form, user control, or composite control MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 6

7 WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability Overview Hosting WPF Controls in Windows Forms Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF Interoperability Challenges Using Property Maps Visual Studio 2008 Design-Time Support WindowsFormsHost WPF Element that hosts a single Windows Forms control Provides rendering container for Windows Forms within WPF Window/Control/Page System.Windows.Forms.Integrationnamespace Exposes properties to control the presentation of the hosted control within the WindowsFormsHostcontainer MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 7

8 Create or obtain the Windows Forms control Create the WPF host application Add reference to the WindowsFormsIntegration assembly Add WindowsFormsHost control to window/page Create instance of WinForms control Set as Child of WindowsFormsHost Add the host to the Children collection Implicit in XAML based on the element hierarchy MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 8

9 WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability Overview Hosting WPF Controls in Windows Forms Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF Interoperability Challenges Using Property Maps Visual Studio 2008 Design-Time Support Focus Styling Overlap Coordinates Windows Forms Instancing in Pages Opacity MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 9

10 WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability Overview Hosting WPF Controls in Windows Forms Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF Interoperability Challenges Using Property Maps Visual Studio 2008 Design-Time Support MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 10

11 Map changes in host properties to changes in hosted control/element Example: Background in WPF -> BackColorin Windows Forms Automatic detection and value passing Only works for certain properties Can add custom handling of mapping process host.propertymap.add() Delegate pointing to method with signature void MethodName (object hostobj, string propname, object valuebeingset) MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 11

12 WPF/Windows Forms Interoperability Overview Hosting WPF Controls in Windows Forms Hosting Windows Forms Controls in WPF Interoperability Challenges Using Property Maps Visual Studio 2008 Design-Time Support Add WPF controls and element host from designer Toolbox item drag and drop Some ElementHost properties settable from designer Contained control properties and events not accessible from designer Drop to code Windows Forms to WPF support TBD MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 12

13 Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashed, Adam Nathan, SamsPublishing Essential Windows Presentation Foundation, Chris Anderson, Addison-Wesley Programming WPF, Chris Sells and Ian Griffiths, Addison-Wesley Windows Forms 2.0 Programming, Chris Sells and Michael Weinhardt, Addison-Wesley MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 13

14 Technical Communities, Webcasts, Blogs, Chats & User Groups Microsoft Learning and Certification Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) & TechNet Trial Software and Virtual Labs Blog: Monday A Lap Around Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Session repeats on 6/8) 10:30 Overview of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for Devices and.net Compact Framework 3.5 4:45 Tuesday The.NET Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Framework 8:30 LINQ and XML for the Microsoft Visual Basic Developer 10:15 Building Smart Client Applications in Microsoft Visual Studio :15 Building a Complete Web Application Using ASP.NET "Orcas" and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Two parts) 10:15 and 1 Microsoft Visual C#: Tips and Tricks for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE 1:00 Microsoft Visual Basic: Tips and Tricks for the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 IDE 2:45 Building Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Expression Blend 4:30 Wednesday Building Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio :30 Thursday Microsoft Visual C# Under the Covers: An In-Depth Look at C# 3.0 8:00 Friday Using the.net Language Integrated Query (LINQ) Framework with Relational Data 9:00 A Lap Around Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Repeated from 6/4) 1:00 What's New in Microsoft Visual Studio Team System for Testers, New Features in Visual Studio 2008 and Best Practices for Testing AJAX, SharePoint, and Reporting Services 1:00 MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 14

15 Monday: A Lap Around Silverlight 4:45 Thursday: Enhancing ASP.NET AJAX Applications with Silverlight 8:00 Silverlight Tips and Tricks 4:30 Friday: Creating and Delivering Rich Media and Video on the Web with Silverlight, Expression Studio, and Windows Server :00 Building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight 1:00 Building Interactive Media Experiences with Silverlight 2:45 Links: Scott Guthrie on Channel Silverlight Developer Center - Silverlight Alpha 1.1 SDK - Complete an evaluation on CommNetand enter to win! MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 15

16 The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION. 16