作者：Adam Nathan
出版日期：December 31, 2006
出版社：Sams Publishing
页数：656
ISBN：ISBN-10: 0672328917 ISBN-13: 978-0672328916
文件格式：PDF


Product Description
Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is akey component of the .NET Framework 3.0, giving you the power to createricher and more compelling applications than you dreamed possible.Whether you want to develop traditional user interfaces or integrate 3Dgraphics, audio/video, animation, dynamic skinning, rich documentsupport, speech recognition, or more, WPF enables you to do so in aseamless, resolution-independent manner. Windows Presentation Foundation Unleashedis the authoritative book that covers it all, in a practical andapproachable fashion, authored by .NET guru and Microsoft developerAdam Nathan.

· Covers everything you need to know about Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
· Examines the WPF feature areas in incredibledepth: controls, layout, resources, data binding, styling, graphics,animation, and more
· Features a chapter on 3D graphics by Daniel Lehenbauer, lead developer responsible for WPF 3D
· Delves into non-mainstream topics: speech, audio/video, documents, bitmap effects, and more
· Shows how to create popular UI elements, suchas features introduced in the 2007 Microsoft Office System: Galleries,ScreenTips, custom control layouts, and more
· Demonstrates how to create sophisticated UI mechanisms, such as Visual Studio-like collapsible/dockable panes
· Explains how to develop and deploy all typesof applications, including navigation-based applications, applicationshosted in a Web browser, and applications with great-lookingnon-rectangular windows
· Explains how to create first-class custom controls for WPF
· Demonstrates how to create hybrid WPF software that leverages Windows Forms, ActiveX, or other non-WPF technologies
· Explains how to exploit new Windows Vista features in WPF applications

About the Author
Adam Nathan is a senior software development engineer in Microsoft’s Developer Division. He is the author of the acclaimed .NET and COM: The Complete Interoperability Guide (SAMS, 2002), a coauthor of ASP.NET: Tips, Tutorials, and Code (SAMS, 2001), and a contributor to books such as .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Vol. 2 (Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Windows Developer Power Tools (O’Reilly,2006). Adam regularly speaks at development conferences and to groupswithin Microsoft about a variety of .NET Framework topics. Havingstarted his career on Microsoft’s Common Language Runtime team in 1999,Adam has been at the core of .NET technologies since the verybeginning. Adam is also the creator of popular tools and websites for.NET developers, such as PINVOKE.NET, CLR SPY (and its Visual Studioadd-in), and XAMLshare.com. You can find him online atwww.adamnathan.net.

Daniel Lehenbauer isthe lead software design engineer responsible for the 3D features inWindows Presentation Foundation. Prior to WPF, he worked on multiplegraphics and UI technologies, including mobile controls for ASP.NET andWindows Forms. Daniel is active in the WPF community and blogs about 3Dgraphics using WPF at www.viewport3D.com.