1. WPF4 Abhimanyu Singhal Lead Consultant http://www.imentor.co.in/blog iMentor Knowledge Services

2. Objectives Give you a good understanding of what’s in WPF4.0 How to use new WPF 4.0 features Lots of Demos…..

3. Prerequisites A Sound understanding of WPF and XAML concepts Previous working experience with WPF will be helpful.

4. WPF Designer for Visual Studio 2010 “Type minimal of XAML” - Cider

5. Visual Data Binder Allows you to use and define bindings visually. DataContext, ElementName, RelativeSource, StaticResource Path, Converters,Options Use of data sources window Define data sources Add bound WPF Elements to your window/control Bind to existing elements Create master-details forms easily

6. Design Time Data d:DataContext, d:DesignInstance d:DesignInstance Properties IsDesignTimeCreatable(bool) Defaults to false CreateList (bool) Defaults to false How to use d:DataContext and d:DesignInstance

7. Property Value Source Locator Allows you to find from where a property is getting its value. Find our answers like why is my button Red

8. Enhanced Property Editors Search through properties Brush Selection Font Selection Extract value to a resource Apply a resource value Icons in the property editor

9. Easier Layout Options Right click and choose option reset layout All – Resets both margins, sizing and alignment properties of the control Sizing – Resets the height and width of the control Alignment – Resets the alignment of the control Margins – Resets the margins of the control Snap lines Modifying Z-Order Easier switching between fixed and dynamic size Grid Layout Control Enhancements Add Rows, Move Rows, Swap Rows, Delete Rows

10. XAML View Enhancements Markup extension intellisence Toggle markup trees Toggling element displays more info State is remembered when file is closed and opened again

11. Visual State Manager Enhanced support for creating visual states for a control Use control templates and yet provide states for different modes and transitions between different modes.

12. WPF 4.0 New Controls

13. WPF DataGrid Auto generated Columns AutoGeneratedColumns(True,False) Column Type DataGridTextBoxColumn DataGridCheckBoxColumn DataGridComboBoxColumn DataGridHyperLinkColumn DataGridTemplateColumn DataTemplate for CellEditingTemplate DataTemplate for CellTemplate Selection Methods SelectionMode (Single, Extended) SelectionUnit (Cell, Row, CellOrRowHeader)

14. WPF DataGrid Continued… Row Details RowDetailsTemplate Validation Alternating Background Row & Column Headers Design Time (Visual Studio and Blend) Grouping Frozen Columns FrozenColumnCount Column sorting, reordering and resizing

15. WPF Calendar and DatePicker Blackout Dates (DatePicker.BlackoutDates) SelectionMode SingleRange, SingleDate, MultipleRange, None FirstDayOfWeek DisplayDate DisplayMode Month, Year, Decade Design time experience for both Blend and Visual Studio

16. .NET Framework Client Profile 4.0 Deploy faster and easier

17. Client Profile What is…? A Subset of .NET Framework 4.0 Optimized for client applications Provides functionality for most client apps including WPF Windows Forms WCF Click Once What does it enables…? Faster deployments Smaller Install Package (28 Mb)

18. What is not in .NET Framework Client Profile ASP.NET Advanced Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) functionality .NET Framework Data Provider for Oracle MSBuild for compiling

19. Targeting Client Profile Use Visual Studio Project Templates View/Change Target Framework If Adding Ref to .NET 4.0 based assemblies (They should not be referring to non-client profile assemblies )

20. Deploying .NET Framework Client Profile Click Once Use client profile as launch condition Available as Local Package and Web Package Very small size

21. Troubleshooting Targeting Errors Common errors the type or namespace name "name" does not exist in the namespace "namespace". (Are you missing an assembly reference?) Type "typename" is not defined. Could not resolve assembly "assembly". The assembly is not listed as part of the "profile" Profile. Common Causes You Have Referenced an Assembly That Is Not Included in the Client Profile You Have Referenced a Project or Assembly That Targets a Different Version of the .NET Framework You Have Re-Targeted a Project to a Different Version of the .NET Framework

22. Windows 7

23. WPF Taskbar Integration Thumbnails buttons Icon overlays Progress bars Jumplists With XAML Support

24. Thumbnail Buttons System.Windows.Windows.TaskBarItemInfo Namespace System.Windows.Shell TaskBarItemInfo TaskBarItemInfo.ThumbButtonsInfos ThumbButtonInfoCollection ThumbButtonInfo Command & CommandTarget DismissWhenClicked ImageSource Description Only 1 TumbnailButtonInfoCollection Only 7 ThumbButtonInfo No Text only Image

25. Overlay Icons Must use images of type png Have to be 16/16 pixels. Set TaskBarItemInfo.Overlay to DrawingImage-> ImageDrawing

26. XAML Improvements New XAML API System.Xaml.dll Reduction in number of different XAML Parsers

27. Silverlight Synergy Improved Support for Developing Silverlight Applications

28. Q.A.

29. Thank you Abhimanyu Singhal Lead Consultant http://www.imentor.co.in/blog abhimanyu@imentor.co.in iMentor Knowledge Services