6460 Visual Studio 2008 Connected Systems: Windows Presentation Foundation Training Class

Course ID: 21128

6460 Visual Studio 2008 Connected Systems: Windows Presentation Foundation Training Seminar

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) solution.

Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for application developers who know how to build Windows Forms applications, custom user controls in .NET 2.0 and how to use the common features of the base class library. They do not have to understand concepts such advanced UI threading and asynchronous programming, building custom controls from scratch or using GDI. They also do not need experience building Visual Studio addins or custom designers.

At Course Completion:
After completing this course, students will be able to: - Create a WPF application. - Build a user interface in a WPF application. - Customize the appearance of a WPF application. - Bind user interface controls to data sources. - Bind user interface controls to collections. - Create new controls in a WPF application. - Manage documents in a WPF application. - Add graphics and multimedia support to a WPF application. - Configure and deploy WPF applications.

Prerequisite Comments:

Experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio

Agenda

Lesson 1: Creating an Application by Using WPF
Overview of WPF Creating a Simple WPF Application Handling Events and Commands Navigating Between Pages
Lesson 2: Building User Interfaces
Defining Layout Using Content Controls Using Item Controls Hosting Windows Forms Controls
Lesson 3: Customizing Appearance
Sharing Logical Resources in an Application Creating Consistent User Interfaces Using Styles Changing the Appearance of Controls Using Templates Using Triggers and Animations
Lesson 4: Data Binding
Overview of Data Binding Create a Data Binding Implementing Property Change Notification Converting Data Validating Data
Lesson 5: Data Binding to Collections
Binding to Collections of Objects Using Collection Views Create Master-Detail User Interfaces Using Data Templates
Lesson 6: Creating New Controls
Overview of Control Authoring Creating Controls
Lesson 7: Managing Documents
Working with Flow Documents Working with Fixed Documents Packaging Documents Printing Documents
Lesson 8: Graphics and Multimedia
Displaying 2D graphics Displaying Images Displaying 3D Graphics Going Further with 3D Graphics Adding Multimedia Support
Lesson 9: Configure and Deploy WPF Applications
Deployment Options Deploying a Standalone WPF Application Deploying an XBAP Application Configuring Security Settings