WPF AND SILVERLIGHT RESOURCES

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1 Appendix WPF AND SILVERLIGHT RESOURCES If you like what you have learned thus far and want to keep on developing in WPF and/or Silverlight, I suggest you keep this list of resources handy. You never know when you will need to take a look at the documentation to learn about a certain class. Or you may just want to keep up on the latest and greatest with some great blogs. Or possibly you just want to take more tutorials. Finally, maybe you are in the middle of a WPF/Silverlight application and you are stuck on a problem; the forums are a great place to turn for help. As this information may change over time, you can view the same information updated on my book s web site, www. windowspresentationfoundation.com. References MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation: This is the place to find the documentation for all of WPF. Silverlight homepage: This site is a great place to find everything Silverlight

2 APPENDIX WPF FAQ Index: Here, you ll get answers to frequently asked questions about WPF. MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) FAQ: This is another good site for getting answers to frequently asked questions about WPF. Blogs Beatriz Costa: If you are looking for great WPF insight, sample code, and sample projects, this site is for you. IRhetoric: This is the blog of Karsten Januszewski, a Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, and it s a great site for all things WPF and Silverlight. Tim Sneath: Tim is a Group Manager for Microsoft. His blog also has great WPF and Silverlight resources. The WPF Blog: This is the blog of Lee Brimelow. Although Lee has recently moved away from WPF development and back to Flash, his blog has an archive of wonderful articles and tutorials. Tutorials ContentPresenter: Here you ll find some really great WPF tutorials from Lee Brimelow. Lynda: This is a pay site, but it has some very good Expression Blend and Silverlight tutorials. You can start to take the first few lessons for free. If you like the tutorials, you can subscribe. Silverlight homepage: There are some very cool video tutorials here for Silverlight 2.0 and 1.0 if you are interested

3 WPF AND SILVERLIGHT RESOURCES Tools Blendables Tools and Components for Designers and Developers: If you plan on doing WPF development professionally, save yourself a lot of time and headaches by checking out this set of tools. Community sites The MSDN Silverlight Community: If you get stuck with Silverlight, this site is the place to go to ask questions and get answers, oftentimes from Microsoft developers themselves! The Silverlight Forums: Here you ll find more Silverlight forums to help you solve your Silverlight issues. The MSDN WPF Forums: These forums are dedicated to everything WPF. ExpressionBlend.com: You ll find Blend forums at this site. MSDN Visual Studio Setup and Installation: If you are having trouble installing Visual Studio, check this site out. Professional WPF/Silverlight development resources IdentityMine: This is the site for the leading development house for WPF and Silverlight and a Gold Vendor for Microsoft. If you need professional WPF Silverlight development, they are the ones to contact

4 Numbers and symbols + button, adding new action with, 45 + Event button, creating new event, 43, 286 +Brush button, creating color resource with, CLR Object, adding a DataSource with, (minus) icon, 297 3D and WPF, D animation vendors, adoption of OBJ file format by, 227 3D box adding easing to, adding new event to, 286 creating, spinning, D objects building for placing VideoUserControl, 239 creating with third-party software, exporting to pull into Blend 2, D plane, adding descriptive text to, 303 3D Tools controls, wrapping Viewport3D inside of, D Tools library, using, DImage application, creating, DImageProject Case Study A, creating in Visual Studio, importing images into, styling and creating the DataSource, DMediaElementProject adding a video into, 236 building, making video 3D, wiring up buttons in, DPlane Window.Resource adding 3D Tools library code to, 240 binding Interactive3D namespace to, DTieFighterProject Case Study B, cleaning XAML for, creating, creating and naming Ellipses buttons, stripping animations and Triggers from, 297 styling the background, 302 A Abstract factory pattern, creating ObservableCollections with, Add CLR Object Data Source dialog box, creating a DataSource in, 276 Add Existing Item dialog box adding icon image in, telling VS to look for image files in, 269 Add new action button, timeline for, Add New Item dialog box, creating ImageFactory in, Advanced Visualizer animation package, OBJ files for, 227 AllowDrop property, setting for DragEnter event, alpha, setting to zero, Animate Temple button, creating, 229 Animation Workspace bringing up in Blend 2, 223 creating Storyboard animations in, 84 switching to in Blend 2, 286 viewing,

5 app.xaml, in Project panel, 66 Appearance bucket changing Visibility menu option in, 282 giving Ellipse bitmap effect with, of Properties panel, applicationresourcedict.xaml file, opening and editing Styles in, AssemblyInfo.cs, in Project panel, 66 Asset Library button, displaying Asset Library with, Asset Library Last Used tool, 62 Asset Library tool, creating ComboBox with, autocomplete function, IntelliSense, 30 automatic garbage collection, in OOP, 95 B background adding gradient to MyMediaElementProject, 122 changing gradient, 312 styling, Background DependencyProperty, setting for simple Button, 248 Background property, setting to No Brush, 220 Beatriz Costa blog, web site address, 334 BeginTime property, in Clock mode, 119 binding feature, in XAML, 97 Blend 2, D image and, adding DataSource in, 198 adding Rows and Columns to LayoutControlsProject, 101 changing application size in, Column and Row definitions created in, 102 creating 3D objects in, creating EventAndEventHandlers project in, creating new WPF Application in, development views and Workspaces, downloading and installing, 9 13 handling of animation by, importing images into project from, 191 keyboard shortcuts for tools, 55 Make a Button feature, making Hello World more exciting, mybutton control design, 147 Objects and Timeline panel in, 41, 65 opening after compiling project, 19 opening project in, 30 sample XAML code in, startup dialog box, 19 styling application background, styling TextBlock, switching to Animation Workspace, 42 toolbar, vs. Visual Studio for creating WPF projects, 14 working with Viewport3Ds in, Blendables-Tools and Components for Designers and Developers, 335 BlueButtonControl adding Image control to, moving to ResourceDictionary, BlueButtonControl Style applying to multiple Button controls, creating, BlueButtonUserControl adding functionality to, seeing in action, Boolean variable, 133 creating in Window1.xaml.cs, 262 Border layout element, , 114 BorderBrush option, in Brushes bucket, 76 box Viewport3D moving playhead, selecting Rotation tab in Transform bucket, 287 setting Visibility value for, 284 turning down arrows to Box01, 287 Brimelow, Lee, web site created by, 233 Brush resource, applying to Ellipse, 72 Brush Transform tool adjusting gradients with, 33 34, 250 Blend 2 toolbar, changing gradient color direction with, 70 changing Rectangle with, 252 creating play Button with, 127 creating Rectangle with gradient with, Brushes bucket options in, 76 turning down content for,

6 Brushes panel, setting up project in, Build Action property, changing video s, 124 Button controls, 62 applying BlueButtonControl Style to multiple, applying Style to new, 155 coding PreviewMouseDown event for, 179 creating in C#, creating XAML, 96 Make a Button feature for, naming, 145, 177 styling Rectangles and turning into, Button ControlTemplate creating, examining XAML for, giving gradient to, using on multiple button controls, Button Style adding to ResourceDictionary, editing to display new image, 154 replacing text with image via, ButtonEnter animations, 41 ButtonLeave animations, 41 Buttons adding play to MediaElement, adding stop to myvideo MediaElement, 119 adding text to, changing Content property, changing text color, 157 creating pause Button, creating stop Button, creating to run Storyboard animations, wiring up the home Button, C C# (C Sharp) control vs. XAML control, 97.NET Framework and, portability of applications created in, 95 reasons to use, XAML and, Camera, selecting inside Viewport3D, 222 Camera Orbit tool, 220 making Viewport3D bigger with, 225 on Blend 2 toolbar, 57 Canvas layout element, , 114 Case Study A, 3DImageProject, Case Study B, 3DTieFighterProject, Case Study C, SilverlightPagingSystemProject, Case Study D, SilverlightVideoPlayerProject, circle icon, next to eyeball icon, 66 classes, in OOP, Click event, review of, ClipToBounds property in Viewport3D Properties panel, 211 unchecking, 220 Clock mode, NaturalDuration in, 119 code-behind page, in Window1.xaml file, 67 color handles, adding, 70 color resources creating, editing alpha of, Columns, creating visually in Blend 2, 101 ComboBox, 189 changing size of, drawing in workspace, naming, 202 wiring to display images, ComboBox control drawing in the Workspace, 277 populated with image data, 279 Common Properties bucket, setting Text property in, 253 Common Properties section, of Properties panel, 79 community sites, web site addresses, 335 constructor, creating for Images class, 272 content Canvas container, creating, content pages, creating, Content property, changing Button text with, 40 ContentCanvas creating, creating functionality in VS, creating sections as XAML files, instantiating sections for,

7 ContentPresenter, 128 tutorial web site address, 334 controls, overriding default Styles for, ControlTemplate, ControlTemplate.Triggers, changing, ControlTemplateProject creating, opening in Blend 2 and VS 2008, 143 web site address for, 164 Copy to Output Directory property, changing a video s, 124 count variable, creating for ImageFactory class, 192 Create Brush Resource dialog box, 71 Create Storyboard dialog box, 223 creating new Storyboard in, Create Storyboard Resource dialog box, 85 creating SpinBox in, 287 Create Torus button, on ZAM 3D toolbar, 215 Cursor field, in Properties panel, 79 Cursor property in Properties panel, 79 putting in XAML for RedButtonUC, 262 custom UserControls, making functional, See also UserControls D Data Factory. See also ImageFactory class ObservableCollections and, DataSource changing color of gradient, 276 changing Grid background to a gradient, 275 creating that uses ImageFactory class, 198 creating using ImageFactory class, making use of, styling 3DImageProject and creating, DataTemplate, 189 creating, 198 Daytime lighting scheme, adding to 3DTieFighterProject, debugging information, recorded when error is thrown, 92 Define in area, in Create Brush Resource dialog box, 71 DependencyProperties, animating, 248 creating a region for each, 256 demystified, Microsoft official definition of, 247 placing all in C# regions, 255 registering custom, setting in XAML, 248 DependencyProperties project adding icon image to, creating, 249 custom with custom UserControl, design pattern, 190 Design view Blend 2, 82 closing, 28 Design Workspace, 83 development resources, IdentityMine, 335 DiffuseMaterial.Brush node, binding to SelectedItem of ComboBox, 283 Direct Selection tool, on Blend 2 toolbar, 55 DockPanel tool, , 114 downloading and installing Blend 2, 9 13 MS Silverlight Tools Alpha Refresh for VS 2008 Beta 2, 8 9 Visual Studio 2008 Express, 3 8 DragEnter event, draggedimgstr variable, setting MediaElement source to path of, DragLeave event, 172 DragOver event, Drop event, listening for in Independent mode, 118 _DTieFighterProject, coding TextGrid text in, dtimages Data Template creating, E Easing panel, adding easing to 3D box, 289 Electric Rain s ZAM 3D creating torus object, web site address, 86, 212 working with,

8 Ellipse, with drop shadow bitmap effect, 77 Ellipse tool, 61 Ellipses adding radial gradient fill to, 298 moving _3DPlane above, 306 pasting into Workspace, 298 repositioning next to respective model parts, address, for sending samples to author, 226 encapsulation, in OOP, error handling, 92 adding to myvideo stop Button, 119 adding to stop Button, 131 EventAndEventHandlers project adding Button control to, creating in Blend 2, creating in VS 2008, EventHandler, creating for home Button, events and EventHandlers, EventTriggers, creating for spinbtn, exception (error) handling, 92. See also error handling ExpressionBlend.com, web site address, 335 eyeball icons, for objects in Visual Tree, Eyedropper tool Blend 2 toolbar icon, 58 changing color value with, 69 F Far Clipping Plane, changing properties for, flyby animation, creating, FlyBy Storyboard changing name of, 231 creating, naming, 224 running the application, 226 Foreground option, in Brushes bucket, 76 Foreground property, setting for TextBlock, Frame control, 64 G garbage collection, automatic in OOP, 95 geometrymodel3d, displaying, 287 gimbal control, 210 Ginkakuji temple OBJ file, web site address, 227 Gradient brush styling Background with, using, gradient colors adding to Window1, 197 changing, 70 making invisible, 251 Grid, grouping all Rectangles into, 253 <Grid> and </Grid> tags, 30 Grid layout element, , 114 adding controls into, content positioning using margins, 104 Grid Layout mode, main Grid in, 102 Grid tool, displaying layout controls with, 62 Grid.Column, changing values for, 104 Grid.Row, changing values for, 104 H Height and Width properties changing application size with, changing for TestPage.html, for Grid Columns and Rows, 102 Hello World application adding code to, 30 creating, home Button creating EventHandler for, naming, 158 wiring up, I icon.png, coding path into RedButtonUC, 260 icon2.png, importing into MyRedButtonUC2 project, 264 IdentityMine, web site address, 335 if/then conditional, using for pause Button,

9 Image control adding, 199 adding to Grid and naming, 254 adding to home Button Workspace, changing to Image3D control, 282 drawing in the Grid, 255 naming in, 255 ScrollViewer in Blend 2 Design view, 110 selecting from Asset Library, 254 ImageBrush, binding to ComboBox, ImageBrush node, creating in StackPanel.Background node, ImageData class adding NotifyPropertyChanged method to, 274 adding PropertyChangedEventHandler to, 274 adding under Images class, 195 creating constructor for, 273 creating ImageName variable, 273 creating under Images class, 272 creating _simagename private string for, 272 passing _simagename to constructor, 273 ImageDT DataTemplate, creating, 278 ImageFactory class, 190 creating, 191, creating DataSource with, creating variables for, ImageName string, creating getters and setters that will set, 274 images adding to Images directory, 270 creating viewing choices for, importing into 3DImageProject, importing into projects, naming, 270 using selected, Images class adding under ImageFactory class, creating constructor for, 272 creating in ImageFactory class, 271 Images constructor, creating, Images directory, adding images to, 270 Images folder creating, 191 directory structure, 269 Independent mode, 118 inheritance, in OOP, 94 InitializeComponent method, 129 InkCanvas control, using, INotifyPropertyChanged, 195 resolving, 272 input controls, 62 instance name, giving to Button, integrated development environment (IDE). See Blend 2 IntelliSense, autocomplete function, 30 Interaction panel, Objects and Timeline panel, Interactive3D namespace, using 3D Tools library with, InteractiveVisual3D control, IRhetoric blog, web site address, 334 is raised drop-down menu, selecting, 44 IsHitTestVisible option, 79 _isplaying variable, creating, 329 IsSelected Setter, IsSelected Trigger, changing, ItemsSource property, adding to project, 278 JK keyboard shortcuts, for tools, 55 L Language Integrated Query (LINQ), new to.net 3.0, 95 LaserCannon creating Storyboard for, moving Ellipse in Workspace, 301 Layout bucket, of Properties panel, 78 layout controls, layout elements, LayoutControlsProject, LayoutRoot control, 61 LayoutRoot Grid changing XAML code in, placing 3D object in, 219 LeftWing Ellipse changing event for, 301 moving to corner of Workspace, 300 Visual Tree,

10 Lighting Schemes, adding to 3DTieFighterProject, Line tool, 61 ListBox creating and adding new Style to, 149 overriding default behavior, overriding default behavior in XAML, ListBoxItems, setting new Style for, 152 LoadedBehavior effect of setting to Manual, 119 for playback modes, 118 setting to Manual, 237 lock icons, locking row height or column width with, 103 Lynda tutorial, web site address, 334 M maintainability, in OOP, 94 mainwindow, putting Drop event in, mainwindow control, coding for MouseDown event, 179 mainwindow_drop method adding functionality to, creating MessageBox for, 175 Make a Button feature Blend 2's, creating mybutton control with, Make Control dialog box, naming UserControl in, 255 MediaElement (ME MediaElement), adding code for playing, 129 adding to MyMediaElementProject, adding to SilverlightVideoPlayerProject, controls, 24 creating, 174 creating resource for source of, 71 creating with stop and play controls, creating your first project, drawing and naming Button controls, 235 drawing in workspace, 234 playback modes, setting source of to path of draggedimgstr, setting to Manual, 237 setting to play, 120 video player, 137 MediaTimeline, in Clock mode, 119 memory management, in.net CLR, 92 Microsoft Download Center page downloading Blend 2 trial from, 9 13 finding VS 2008 from, 3 Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows Vista and.net Framework 3.0 Runtime Components, web site address, 170 Miscellaneous section, in Properties panel, 80 modularity, in OOP, 94 mouse events, MouseDoubleClick event, 178 MouseDown event, MouseEnter and MouseLeave events, MouseEnter state, 181 MouseLeave state, 181 MouseLeftButtonDown event, adding to applications, 182 listening for for each RedButtonUC, MouseLeftButtonUp event, adding to applications, MouseRightButtonDown and MouseRightButtonUp events, MouseRightButtonDown event, adding to applications, 184 MouseRightButtonUp event, adding to applications, 183 MouseWheel event, MS Silverlight Tools Alpha Refresh for VS 2008 Beta 2, downloading, 8 9 MSDN Silverlight Community, The, web site address, 335 MSDN Visual Studio Setup and Installation, web site address, 335 MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation, web site address, 333 MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) FAQ, web site address, 334 MSDN WPF Forums, The, web site address, 335 MyButton responding to DragLeave event, 172 responding to DragOver event,

11 mybutton control adding code in XAML view, 178 adding MouseDoubleClick event to, 178 Blend 2 design breakdown, 147 creating, naming, 145 mycb ComboBox, naming, 202 MyIconDP DependencyProperty, 258 MyImage's Source DependencyProperty, setting to value of MyIconDP, 260 MyListBoxStyle, editing, MyMediaElement, creating in VS 2008, 123 MyMediaElementProject adding video to, creating in VS 2008, MyMediaElementProject.sln adding MediaElement to, changing Height and Width in Blend, 121 giving gradient background to, 122 opening, 120 MyRedButton, checking visibility of, MyTextDP property adding into XAML, 256 changing in RedButtonUC, 260 registering, 256 setting Text property of TextBlock to value of, 257 N Name (Key) field, in Create Brush Resource dialog box, 71 Name property, changing for Button, NaturalDuration, in Clock mode, 119 navigation buttons creating, creating events for, Near Clipping Plane, changing properties for, NET common language runtime (CLR), of.net Framework, 92.NET Framework C# and, NET CLR of, 92 New Project dialog box, 16 creating Hello World application in, New Storyboard button, adding new Storyboard with, 286 No Brush in Brushes bucket, 76 setting for Background property, 220 NotifyPropertyChanged method, adding to ImageData class, 274 O OBJ files, importing and working with, OBJ model, adding Animate Temple button to, 229 object-oriented programming (OOP) language C# as, 91 resource reusability in WPF, objects, characteristics of in OOP, Objects and Timeline panel changes in Blend 2, 41 eyeball icons in Visual Tree, Interaction panel, locking items in, 130 Record Keyframe button in, 47 selecting elements in, 31 styling Background in, OBJImport application, creating, ObservableCollection project adding images into, creating, 190 importing images into, 191 opening in Blend 2, source application web site address, 204 ObservableCollections, 271 closing off namespace, creating with Abstract factory pattern, Data Factory and, opening in Blend 2, OpacityMask property, editing alpha of project with, 73 P padlock icon, in Objects and Timeline panel, 66 Page.xaml, changing properties for,

12 Paint Bucket tool, on Blend 2 toolbar, 58 Pan tool, on Blend 2 toolbar, 57 Paragraph tab, in Common Properties bucket, 253 partial classes, new feature in.net 2.0, 95 Path, setting play symbol's, 128 Path tool, creating play button triangle with, 328 pause Button, creating, Pen tool, for creating play Button, 127 Pen/Pencil tools, on Blend 2 toolbar, 56 play and stop buttons, wiring up in VS 2008, play Button, adding to MediaElement, playback modes MediaElement, switching between, Preview events, PreviewMouseDown and PreviewMouseUp events, private variable, creating for pause Button, Project panel, 66 adding existing item through, assets that make up project, projects, importing images into, Properties panel, changing Content property in, 40 changing Width and Height values in, 32 in VS 2008, 125 setting up project in, PropertiesPanel project changing solid fill to gradient in, creating, PropertyChangedEventHandler, adding to ImageData class, 274 QR RadioButton controls decreasing Rectangle width for, 280 making visible, 285 placing in Rectangle, 281 wiring up for Image3D, radius handles, giving Rectangle rounded edges with, 143 Recent Projects section, in VS 2008, 121 Record Keyframe button, in Objects and Timeline panel, 47 Rectangle adding Grid to, 281 building solid with rounded edges, 313 changing Visibility value in, 282 creating a reflection for, decreasing width of, 280 filling with gradient, 314 modifying Fill property, naming and setting Visibility property, 284 Rectangle control, drawing in Workspace, 143, 277 Rectangle tool, 60 creating pause Button with, 132 creating play Button in Workspace with, 127 creating stop button icon with, 329 creating stop Button with, 130 Rectangles grouping into a Grid, 253 pasting into Workspace, 252 rotating in Workspace, 252 styling and making into Button control, RedButtonUC changing Height and Width of, 261 changing properties in XAML, copying XAML for into Window1.XAML, 261 renaming in Properties panel, 255 verifying it is registered and set, 257 RedButtonUC.xaml.cs adding this.loaded method in constructor, 257 opening in Solution Explorer, 255 References directory, in Project panel, 66 ResourceDictionaries adding Button Style to, creating, creating for ControlTemplate project, Resources folder, creating, 269 Resources panel, applying resources in, 81 Resources/Images folder, changing Image control in, 282 Rotate tab, in Transform bucket, 232 Rows, creating visually in Blend 2, 102 Rows and Columns, exercise to understand, 103 runtime error,

13 S ScrollViewer control, setting for scrollbars, 110 ScrollViewer layout element, , 114 scrubber, 118 Search section, in Properties panel, 80 SelectedItem binding ImageSource property to, 203 setting background of StackPanel to, 189 Selection tool Blend 2 toolbar, 55 changing Rectangle size with, 252 giving Rectangle rounded edges with, rotating Rectangle with, 252 styling TextBlock with, Setter code, for HighlightTextBrushKey, 151 shape tools, on Blend 2 toolbar, Show Material button, clicking and selecting Glossy tab, Show snap grid button, 128 ShowLeftWing Storyboard, creating, Silverlight. See WPF/Silverlight Silverlight 1.1 vs. WPF for applications, Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh developer plug-in, web site address, 309 Silverlight 1.1 MediaElement project, creating, Silverlight button controls adding text to, 315 building, copying to have 4 buttons, 315 grouping into a Canvas, 316 wrapping into a layout control, 315 Silverlight Forums, The, web site address, 335 Silverlight homepage, web site address, 334 Silverlight project, creating, , Silverlight resources and WPF, 333, 335 SilverlightPagingSystemProject Case Study C, creating in VS 2008, web site address for source application, 322 SilverlightVideoPlayerProject adding buttons to, adding gradient to buttons, 327 adding MediaElement to, Case Study D, coding play, pause, and stop buttons, 330 creating, _simagename private string, creating, 272 Sneath, Tim, blog web site address, 334 Solution Explorer, SpeedRatio, value in Independent mode, 118 spin Storyboard, creating, spinbtn, creating EventTriggers for, Split view, in Blend 2, 83 StackPanel creating, 84 86, 199 layout element, 107, 114 naming, 84 wiring up functionality in XAML, 201 </StackPanel> tag, closing off StackPanel control with, 202 StackPanel.Background node, creating, 202 stop Button, creating, Storyboard closing, 50, 289 renaming, Storyboard animations creating button to run, creating for 3DTieFighterProject, creating spin, creating visual, 23 Storyboard resource, creating new, 85 String ImageName, creating public, 273 Stroke property, setting to No Brush, 252 Styles, overriding default for controls, setting control properties with, using in WPF/Silverlight, System Brush Resources list, HighlightTextBrushKey in, 151 System.Collections.ObjectModel class, importing into Images class, 271 System.Windows.Media.Imaging namespace, adding to DependencyProperties project, 260 T TabControl, 64 images used to populate in Project panel, 66 in Visual Tree,

14 TabItems, in Visual Tree, 65 TempleAnimation, renaming FlyBy Storyboard to, 231 TestPage.html adding body style to, 312 changing Height and Width of, text, changing color of for Buttons, 157 Text bucket, in Properties panel, 79 Text primitive tool, activating in ZAM 3D toolbar, 213 <TextBlock> UIElement changing color to gradient, 37 choosing a color for, 36 increasing text font size, setting properties for, styling, TextBlocks adding control into a Grid, 253 adding to display path of Image, 199 adding to Hello World application, 30 in different Grid Rows and Columns, 104 giving unique name to, 254 hard-coding to be in Row 0 and Column 0, 103 setting Angle property of, setting Foreground property of, 253 setting Text property of, 257 specifying alignment for, 253 TextBox tool, 62 This document, making resource available to current document, 71 Tie Fighter model, importing from ZAM 3D, TieText changing from TextBlock when application starts, 306 setting Text property of, 305 TimeSpan, setting for stop Button, 131 toggle button, creating, togglevideo Button, creating event handler for, 136 torus object, adding material to, 216 TowerAnimation Storyboard changes recorded into, 231 closing, 233 specifying start position for, traffic analysis tools, using Preview events for, Transform bucket, Rotate tab in, 232 Transform section, in Properties panel, Triggers adding action to when it is raised, 230 changing for Animate Temple button, 230 creating for spinbtn, Triggers and Storyboards, creating, Triggers panel collapsing and expanding, creating new event in, 43 tutorials, web site addresses, 334 U UIElements (user interface elements), 24 Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), setting MediaElement's, 118 UniformGrid layout element, 114 Ellipses spread out evenly in, 112 URI. See Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) UserControls creating custom, making custom functional, putting custom on 3D plane mesh, 234 with custom DependencyProperties project, V video adding to MyMediaElementProject, changing Build Action setting, 124 changing Copy to Output Directory property, 124 creating button functionality for player, creating player, making 3D, video toggle Button creating, 134 styling, wiring up, 136 ViewBox tool, viewing choices, creating for images,

15 Viewport3D changing Near and Far Clipping Plane properties, changing playhead Y property and rotation, 233 creating 3D box, creating 3D objects in the XAML, 207 gimbal control, 210 making and adding camera to, 240 making very small, 223 moving playhead out 2 seconds, 232 naming Image3D, 284 playing with in Blend 2, recording default axis of, 232 rotating with Camera Orbit tool, 221 unchecking ClipToBounds, 282 using gimbal tool to skew, 282 working with in Blend 2, wrapping 3D Tools controls inside of, zooming in and out, Viewport3D control, turning Image control into, 210 Visibility drop-down menu option, changing, 282 Visibility property changing for Viewport3D, 225 setting as hidden for one RedButtonUC, 262 Visual Brush onto 3D Primitive radio button, for spinning 3D box, 289 Visual Studio 2008 coding TextGrid text in, creating EventAndEventHandlers project in, creating new WPF application in, New Project dialog box in, 27 sample XAML code in, 25 Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Professional Edition burning installation DVD for, 3 downloading and installing, 8 9 running installation DVD, 4 8 starting and opening new project in, vs. Blend 2 for creating WPF projects, 14 Visual Studio 2008 Express, downloading and installing, 3 8 Visual Studio Designer, turning off, 17 Visual Tree, in Workspace, W Wavefront Technologies, OBJ files developed by, 227 web site addresses 3D Tools library, 233 3DImage application, 88 3DImageProject source application, 290 Beatriz Costa blog, 334 Blendables-Tools and Components for Designers and Developers, 335 book updates, 333 ContentPresenter tutorial, 334 ControlTemplateProject application, 164 DependencyProperties project application, 265 downloading OBJImport files, 233 downloading Silverlight, 9 Electric Rain s ZAM 3D, 86, 212 EventAndEventHandlers project, 186 ExpressionBlend.com, 335 Ginkakuji temple OBJ file, 227 Hello Word files, 51 IdentityMine, 335 Lynda tutorial, 334 MediaElement application without video assets, 137 Microsoft downloads, 3 MSDN WPF Forums, 335 MSDN Silverlight Community, The, 335 MSDN Visual Studio Setup and Installation, 335 MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation (Avalon) FAQ, 334 MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation, 333 ObservableCollection project source, 204 Silverlight 1.1 Alpha Refresh developer plug-in, 309 Silverlight Forums, 335 Silverlight homepage, SilverlightPagingSystemProject source application, 322 SilverlightVideoPlayerProject source application, 331 SilverlightVideoPlayerProject, 331 Sneath, Tim blog, 334 tutorials,

16 WPF FAQ Index, 334 ZAMDWPF example application, 226 web site paging system. See SilverlightPagingSystemProject WelcomeScreen.xaml, creating new section as, 322 When drop-down menu, selecting, 44 Width and Height properties, changing, [Window] changing Height and Width of, 143 selecting in Objects and Timeline panel, 143 [Window] UIElement, 31 <Window>.Loaded event, creating, 44 <Window.Resources> node, adding code to, Window1.xaml file adding MyTextDP property into, 256 creating MediaElement inside the Grid, 123 in Project panel, 67 renaming to mainwindow, 174 Window1.xaml.cs adding DragEnter EventHandler into, 171 listening for Click for RadioButtons, 284 listening for Drop event in, setting MediaElement to play in, 125 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). See WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) workflow, between developers, designers, and engineers, Workspaces, 83 and Blend development views, drawing Button control in, 39 WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) 3D and, building Hello World application, DependencyProperties as part of, 249 setting up development environment, 1 21 Silverlight resources and, 333, 335 vs. Silverlight 1.1 for applications, WPF Application project, creating in Visual Studio 2008, 100 WPF button, creating, WPF Button control, building Silverlight control that acts like, WPF FAQ Index, web site address, 334 WPF layout elements. See layout elements WPF project, creating your first, WPF solution, created by Visual Studio, 17 WPF/Blend workflow, and your first WPF application, WPF/Silverlight a new way of working, requirements for, 2 WPFTestApplication.Window1, compiling and giving basic content, 18 WrapPanel layout element, , 114 X X button, closing Storyboard with, 50 XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language), browser applications (XBAPs), 309 cleaning for 3DTieFighterProject, for mybutton control, overriding default ListBox behavior in, reformatting for readability, 147 XAML control creating vs. C# control, 97 example of typical, 96 XAML page, opening in XML view, 18 XAML view, in Blend 2, XML documentation, embedding into source files, 95 XML Editor, setting as default, 17 YZ Z angle, setting, ZAM 3D. See also Electric Rain s ZAM 3D importing a model from, web site address, 86 ZAM 3D text primitive changing name of, 213 giving style to, ZAM3DWPF project creating in Blend 2, resolving housekeeping issues, 220 XAML portion in Split view, 218 Zoom tool, on Blend 2 toolbar,