Xaml in a Nutshell

When Windows Vista is released in December 2006, the new operating system will support applications that employ graphics now used by computer games - clear, stunning and active. The cornerstone for building these new user interfaces is XAML, the XML-based markup language that works with Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly called "Avalon"), Vista's new graphics subsystem that replaces GDI in previous Windows versions. The problem for developers is that they do not know XAML. "XAML in a Nutshell" takes readers through several clear Vista examples so that they can learn, firsthand, how this XML-based markup language is used to implement the new generation of user interface graphics.

Lori MacVittie is currently a Senior Technology Editor with Network Computing Magazine. In past lives she has been a software developer, a network administrator, and an enterprise architect specializing in web-based technologies. Through the course of her career she has nearly coded her way through the alphabet, starting with Apple BASIC, hitting "L" for LISP while consulting for Autodesk, and is currently on the letter "Y". Lori holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University, and lives with her husband and children in the technological mecca of the midwest, Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Preface

ix

Part I. Introducing XAML

Introducing XAML

3

(5)

The Benefits of XAML

4

(1)

What XAML Is Not

5

(1)

XAML Development Resources

6

(2)

Getting Started with XAML

8

(15)

XAML Prerequisites

8

(1)

Defining XAML Applications

9

(2)

Building XAML Applications

11

(4)

XAML Applications and Visual Studio

15

(8)

Part II. XAML Concepts

The Basics of XAML

23

(21)

Core XAML Syntax

23

(4)

Elements

27

(4)

Attributes

31

(5)

Attached Properties

36

(1)

Binding Properties

37

(4)

codebehind

41

(3)

Layout and Positioning

44

(19)

StackPanel and DockPanel

45

(3)

Using Width and Alignment

48

(4)

Margins and Padding

52

(4)

Grid

56

(1)

Absolute Positioning

57

(6)

Resources

63

(12)

Using Resources

63

(3)

Using Styles

66

(4)

Triggers

70

(5)

Storyboards and Animations

75

(16)

Storyboards

76

(4)

Controlling Animations

80

(6)

Animation Using Key Frames

86

(5)

Part III. Core XAML Reference

Elements

91

(26)

Controls

117

(40)

Base Control Reference

118

(4)

Common Event Reference

122

(2)

Core Control Reference

124

(33)

Shapes and Geometry

157

(27)

Layout

184

(16)

Animations and Transformations

200

(37)

Events

237

(36)

Routing Strategies

239

(1)

Event Argument Reference

240

(5)

Event Reference

245

(12)

Part IV. Appendixes

A. System.Windows.Controls

257

(2)

B. System.Windows.Documents

259

(2)

C. System.Windows.Shapes

261

(1)

D. System.Windows

262

(1)

E. System.Windows.Media

263

(2)

F. System.Windows.Input.ApplicationCommands

265

(2)

G. Predefined Colors

267

(2)

H. XAML Interface in Code

269

(4)

Index

273

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