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WPF Recipes in C# 2008

A Problem-Solution Approach

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Sam Noble, Sam Bourton, and

Allen Jones

WPF Recipes in C# 2008: A Problem-Solution Approach

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In memory of Patrick Lee.

—Sam Noble

For Helen B, thanks for being so patient and understanding.

What a year we have to look forward to!

—Sam Bourton

For my wonderful wife, Lena, and my

two amazing little girls, Anya and Alexia.

—Allen Jones

Contents at a Glance

About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv

About the Technical Reviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

■ CHAPTER 1 Building and Debugging WPF Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

■ CHAPTER 2 Working with Windows, Forms, and Layout Management . . . . . 57

■ CHAPTER 3 Using Standard Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

■ CHAPTER 4 Creating User and Custom Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

■ CHAPTER 5 Data Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

■ CHAPTER 6 Working with Styles, Templates, Skins, and Themes . . . . . . . . . 325

■ CHAPTER 7 Working with Text, Documents, and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

■ CHAPTER 8 Multithreading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

■ CHAPTER 9 Working with 2D Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

■ CHAPTER 10 Working with 3D Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563

■ CHAPTER 11 Creating Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

■ CHAPTER 12 Dealing with Multimedia and User Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653

■ CHAPTER 13 Migrating and Windows Forms Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685

■ INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

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