Introduction To Wpf Engines

Agenda WTF 1 is WPF WTF 2 Inside there WTF 3 XAML WTF 4 WPF Engines WTF 5 Expression 1 - Work Time Fun 2 - Write To File 3 - What's This For 4 - Words That Follow 5 - Way to Fly

Windows Presentation Foundation WPF is much richer then WinForms XAML is cool and prevents the mess with crazy designers We do not really need User Controls and Owner Draws We can forget about input and output hardware We want all properties to be DPs and all events to be REs It’s all about data

No demos – don’t you already use it in your developments?

Platforms? Windows XP Home/Pro SP2 Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista

What about all things done? Can use WPF with existing code WPF inside existing code Existing code inside WPF Interop at the component level Maximum richness => all WPF

Engines involved WTF 2 Inside there

How to design your application WPF controls are lookless – it’s all about data Objects creation through properties drives behaviors WPF is dynamic, sometimes too much First create data, then let designer to present it

WPF fundamentals Basic Architecture XAML Layout Controls

Content model There are only two framework elements: Content and Behavior Containers of Content and Behavior Content element contains any kind of content via Content property Item element contains any number of Content Elements via Items property and pointer to current element

Layout model WPF has only one panel, but different behaviors for this one Panel behavior is an implementation a control layout You have some ready made and can create your own There are some layout models Children, Size to Content, Alignments, Margins and Overflows

Dependency Property Calculating of property's value based on other properties Dependency property is… Static fields, registered with meta data CLR property Attached property is a dependency property that defined by a different type than the element to which the property is applied

eXtensible Application Markup Language WTF 3 XAML

XAML defines a tree of stateful objects <TravelItenerary> <CarTrip From="Aix en Provence, France" To="Paris, France" Time="2006/07/20T12:00" Duration="6:00:00" /> <Hotel Name="Under the Eiffel Tower" Location="Paris, France" Time="2006/07/20T20:00" CheckOut="2006/07/21T05:00" /> <Flight From="Paris, France" To="London, England" Time="2006/07/21T7:00" Duration="1:15:00" /> <Flight From="London, England" To="Seattle, USA" Time="2006/07/21T16:15" Duration="9:30:00" /> </TravelItenerary>

XAML uses namespaces for extensions - xmlns:… Markup Extensions Used in Attribute Values to set values that aren't settable via type converters XAML Language {x:Null} {x:Static Class.Member} {x:Type wpf:Button} WPF Class Library {Binding …}, {StaticResource …}, {DynamicResource …}, etc…

How they make our live easier? WTF 4 WPF Engines

Routed Events Nothing new, but nice refreshment – regular .NET events extension Can be created, changed and called Can have one of following strategies Direct Bubbling Tunneling

Commands Command = Action Command != Action logic Can be executed from different places Can have different behaviors for different targets You have some ready made and can create your own Can have constraints

Data Binding WPF understands your data use your favorite data model: XML, objects, SQL, WS … Bind data to controls Templates give your data a face Controls “think” data Data is pervasive across and integrated into the platform

Data Binding Target Any property, any element Source CLR Object WPF Element ADO.NET XML Dynamic INotifyPropertyChanged, DependencyProperty or PropertyDescriptor Multiple models One Time One Way Two Way Value Converter Control “ Data Item” Property Property Binding

Styles A style is a way to change visual representation of control, by using a set of properties Styles make your application to looks fun, without changing its logic The separation of the presentation and logic allows designers and programmers to work simultaneously

Templates Templates are not styles, but might include Templates is the way to change control’s behaviors Templates is the way to change data representation Templates are resources, thus might be loaded externally

Control Templates Controls have separated appearance and behavior Control template = way to change behavior Control appearance is the Cheshire Cat and set by styles You do not need custom controls, unless you have something new to do

Data Templates Make you data visible Data Template is the way to definevisual structure of a data object Data Template useable aside with binding Don’t build views for displaying data, let the data to build the view Might be recursive

What’s going on over designer’s scheme? WTF 5 Expression

Expression Blend Expression Blend is a design tool Expression Blend provides tools for Vector and bitmap based graphics 3D, Animation Rich Controls, Text Documents and more. Share results with Developers who use Visual Studio to add C# or VB code and assemble the final experience.

Expression Design Expression Design is even more design tool Expression Design provides tools for Professional and highly creative vector drawing Transformation and effect features An reliable XAML Exporter to convert design elements into XAML Share results with Designer who use Expression Blend to add elements into layout and final markup

Expression Media and Web Expression Web Build websites using XHTML, ASP.NET, CSS, XML, etc. Expression Media Digital Asset Management and Cataloguing tool for arrangement of large amount of rich media types into logical categories. Expression Studio contains of them all

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