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Pro WPF in C# 2010:
Windows Presentation Foundation in
.NET 4.0
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Matthew MacDonald
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Pro WPF in C# 2010: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4.0
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Chapter 1: Introducing WPF ............................................................................................................... 1
The Evolution of Windows Graphics................................................................................................ 1
DirectX: The New Graphics Engine ............................................................................................. 2
Hardware Acceleration and WPF ................................................................................................ 3
WPF: A Higher-Level API ................................................................................................................ 4
Windows Forms Lives On ........................................................................................................... 6
DirectX Also Lives On ................................................................................................................. 6
Silverlight ................................................................................................................................... 6
Resolution Independence ............................................................................................................... 7
WPF Units .................................................................................................................................. 8
System DPI ................................................................................................................................ 9
Bitmap and Vector Graphics ..................................................................................................... 12
The Architecture of WPF............................................................................................................... 12
The Class Hierarchy ................................................................................................................. 14
WPF 4 .......................................................................................................................................... 17
New Features........................................................................................................................... 17
The WPF Toolkit ....................................................................................................................... 18
Visual Studio 2010 ................................................................................................................... 18
■ Chapter 2: XAML .............................................................................................................................. 23
Understanding XAML.................................................................................................................... 24
The Last Word.............................................................................................................................. 21
Graphical User Interfaces Before WPF ...................................................................................... 24
The Variants of XAML ............................................................................................................... 25
XAML Compilation.................................................................................................................... 26
XAML Basics ................................................................................................................................ 27
XAML Namespaces .................................................................................................................. 28
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The Code-Behind Class ............................................................................................................ 30
Properties and Events in XAML..................................................................................................... 32
Simple Properties and Type Converters .................................................................................... 34
Complex Properties .................................................................................................................. 35
Markup Extensions................................................................................................................... 37
Attached Properties.................................................................................................................. 38
Nesting Elements ..................................................................................................................... 39
Special Characters and Whitespace ......................................................................................... 42
Events ...................................................................................................................................... 44
The Full Eight Ball Example ...................................................................................................... 45
Using Types from Other Namespaces........................................................................................... 46
Loading and Compiling XAML....................................................................................................... 48
Code-Only ................................................................................................................................ 48
Code and Uncompiled XAML .................................................................................................... 51
Code and Compiled XAML ........................................................................................................ 53
XAML Only ............................................................................................................................... 55
XAML 2009 .................................................................................................................................. 56
Automatic Event Hookup .......................................................................................................... 56
References............................................................................................................................... 58
Built-in Types........................................................................................................................... 58
Advanced Object Creation ........................................................................................................ 59
■ Chapter 3: Layout............................................................................................................................. 61
Understanding Layout in WPF....................................................................................................... 61
The WPF Layout Philosophy ..................................................................................................... 62
The Layout Process.................................................................................................................. 63
The Layout Containers ............................................................................................................. 63
Simple Layout with the StackPanel............................................................................................... 65
Layout Properties ..................................................................................................................... 67
Alignment ................................................................................................................................ 68
Margin ..................................................................................................................................... 69
Minimum, Maximum, and Explicit Sizes ................................................................................... 71
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The Border............................................................................................................................... 74
The WrapPanel and DockPanel..................................................................................................... 75
The WrapPanel......................................................................................................................... 76
The DockPanel......................................................................................................................... 77
Nesting Layout Containers ....................................................................................................... 79
The Grid ....................................................................................................................................... 80
Fine-Tuning Rows and Columns............................................................................................... 83
Layout Rounding ...................................................................................................................... 85
Spanning Rows and Columns................................................................................................... 86
Split Windows .......................................................................................................................... 87
Shared Size Groups.................................................................................................................. 91
The UniformGrid....................................................................................................................... 93
Coordinate-Based Layout with the Canvas ................................................................................... 94
Z-Order .................................................................................................................................... 95
The InkCanvas ......................................................................................................................... 96
Layout Examples.......................................................................................................................... 99
A Column of Settings................................................................................................................ 99
Dynamic Content ................................................................................................................... 100
A Modular User Interface........................................................................................................ 102
The Last Word............................................................................................................................ 104
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Chapter 4: Dependency Properties ................................................................................................ 105
Understanding Dependency Properties ....................................................................................... 105
Defining a Dependency Property ............................................................................................ 106
Registering a Dependency Property........................................................................................ 107
Adding a Property Wrapper .................................................................................................... 109
How WPF Uses Dependency Properties .................................................................................. 110
Shared Dependency Properties .............................................................................................. 111
Attached Dependency Properties............................................................................................ 112
Property Validation ..................................................................................................................... 114
The Validation Callback .......................................................................................................... 114
The Coercion Callback ........................................................................................................... 115
The Last Word............................................................................................................................ 118
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