Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (Pro - Developer)

Applications = Code + Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (Pro - Developer)

by Charles Petzold (Author)

Synopsis

Get the definitive guide to the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), the new client programming interface for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and Windows Vista. Award-winning author Charles Petzold teaches you how to combine C# code and the Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) to develop applications for the WPF. You'll get expert guidance and hundreds of practical, hands-on examples-giving you the skills you need to exploit the new interface and graphics capabilities for Windows Vista.

Discover how to:

  • Create and enhance controls including menus, toolbars, tree views, and list views
  • Use dynamic layout to automate the positioning of controls and graphics
  • Work with dependency properties and routed input events
  • Use XAML resources, styles, and templates to alter the appearance of your UI
  • Use data binding techniques in XAML to help simplify and streamline your applications
  • Create and publish XAML Browser Applications
  • Develop visually-stunning UIs with interactive graphics, media, and animation

PLUS-Get code samples on the Web

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 1024
Edition: 1
Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS
Published: 30 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0735619573
ISBN 13: 9780735619579

Author Bio

Charles Petzold has been writing about programming for Windows-based operating systems for 24 years. A Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development and a Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, currently in its fifth edition and one of the best-known programming books of all time; the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software; and more than a dozen other books.