An overview of WPF 3.5 SP1 and Silverlight 2 as well the WPF Toolkit and the upcoming enhancemnets in WPF 4.

1. Windows Presentation
Foundation and Silverlight 2.0
Harish Ranganathan
Application Platform Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation India

3. .NET Client Momentum

4. WPF in Action

5. WPF Versions
Released with .NET Framework 3.0 and works

with Visual Studio 2005
WPF Enhancements introduced in VS 2008

WPF 3.5 SP1 Enhancements introduced in

.NET 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1
WPF Toolkit (CodePlex release)
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WPF 4.0 to be released with .NET 4.0
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6. WPF 3.5 SP1
Application Startup and Working Set

Performance Improvements
.NET Framework Client Profile Setup Package
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New .NET Framework Setup Bootstrapper for
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Client Applications
Click Once Client Application Deployment
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Improvements
Graphics Performance Improvements
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7. WPF Platform Roadmap
WPF Toolkit
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 WPF DataGrid and other controls
WPF Futures
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 Client Profile Configuration Designer
WPF Ribbon Preview

All available today from www.codeplex.com/WPF

8. WPF DataGrid Control
Getting started with DataGrid

Autogenerate columns in one line

Resizing, Reordering, Sorting,
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Selection, Editing, Keyboard navigation
Variety of Column Types

DataGridTextColumn
DataGridCheckBoxColumn
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DataGridTemplateColumn
DataGridComboBoxColumn
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DataGridHyperlinkColumn
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9. WPF Ribbon Control
Getting started with Ribbon
RibbonCommands are the heart of the
Ribbon
Use RibbonWindow for title bar
integration
Customize resizing without writing layout
code

10. WPF Ribbon Control &
DataGrid

11. Touch Experiences
• Windows 7 Touch
– New and Differentiated Experiences
– Natural User Behavior
– Windows 7 Device Support
– Sensor Platform
– Location, Position, Environment, etc.
WPF will help you build next-generation Win7
applications!

12. Windows 7 Development

14. Silverlight 2
Cross-browser, Cross-platform plug-in

to deliver rich media and Internet
application experiences
Silverlight 2

.NET Programmability
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Styles and Templates
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Deep Zoom
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Silverlight Control Pack
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15. Silverlight in Action

16. Silverlight Control Toolkit
Ready-to-use Controls

 Enables several common scenarios
Charting features
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 Based on powerful Dundas charts
Available today from www.codeplex.com/silverlight

17. Silverlight Toolkit

18. Resources
WPF Development
http://www.windowsclient.net
http://codeplex.com/wpf
Silverlight Development
http://silverlight.net
http://codeplex.com/silverlight

19. Blog
http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh

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