Pro WPF in C# 2010: Windows Presentation Foundation in .NET 4

pMicrosoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides the foundation for building applications and high-quality user experiences for the Windows operating system. It blends the application user interface, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer's operating system./p pIts functionality extends to the support for tablet PCs and other forms of input device, and it provides a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility and UI automation infrastructure, data-driven user interfaces and visualization, and integration points for weaving the application experience into the Windows shell. /p pThis book shows you how WPF really works. It provides you with the no-nonsense, practical advice that you need in order to build high-quality WPF applications quickly and easily. After giving you a firm foundation, it goes on to explore the more advance aspects of WPF and how they relate to the others elements of the .NET 4.0 platform and associated technologies such as Silverlight./p h3What you’ll learn/h3ul liWPF basics: XAML, layout, control essentials, and data flow /li liWPF applications: Navigation, commands, localization, and deployment /li liAdvanced controls: Custom controls, menus, toolbars, and trees /li liWPF documents: Text layout, printing, and document packaging /li liGraphics and multimedia: Drawing shapes, sound and video, animation, geometric transformations, and imaging /li /ul h3Who this book is for/h3 p This book is designed for developers encountering WPF for the first time in their professional lives. A working knowledge of C# and the basic architecture of .NET is helpful to follow the examples easily, but all concepts will be explained from the ground up. /p h3Table of Contents/h3ol liIntroducing WPF/li liXAML/li liLayout/li liDependency Properties/li liRouted Events/li liControls /li liThe Application/li liElement Binding/li liCommands /li liResources /li liStyles and Behaviors /li liShapes, Brushes, and Transforms /li liGeometries and Drawings /li liEffects and Visuals /li liAnimation Basics /li liAdvanced Animation /li liControl Templates /li liCustom Elements /li liData Binding /li liFormatting Bound Data /li liData Views /li liLists, Trees, and Grids/li liWindows /li liPages and Navigation /li liMenus, Toolbars, and Ribbons /li liSound and Video /li li3-D Drawing /li liDocuments /li liPrinting /li liInteracting with Windows Forms /li liMultithreading /li liThe Add-in Model /li liClickOnce Deployment /li /ol