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2 A First Look at Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere ("WPF/E") Joe Stegman Lead Program Manager Microsoft Corporation
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3 Session Agenda Introduce "WPF/E" Architecture and Features StatusQ&A
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4 Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (“WPF/E”) Subset of WPF focused on interactive content Great integration with web Ubiquitous (cross platform/cross browser) Supports JavaScript and C#/VB.Net XAML is the enabling technology Available Soon: Customer preview in Q3 2006 Web release in first half of 2007 Device release in second half of 2007
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5 "WPF/E" Web Architecture BrowserApplication / OS Content Package XAML Programming Model “WPF/E” Runtime Plug-ins Platform Specific Hosting Model Platform Specific Hosting Model JavaScript C# / VB.NET Native API XML - DataFontsVideo/AudioImages Native “WPF/E” API UI & Rendering Core Platform Abstraction Layer
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6 "WPF/E" Demo
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7 “WPF/E” Web Platforms Operating Systems Win XP, Win2K, Win2K3, Vista Considering Win9X Mac OS X 10.* Considering Linux and Solaris Browsers IE 5.5+ Mozilla 1+, Firefox 1+ Opera 7+ Safari 1+
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8 "WPF/E" Features Core Runtime Media Integration Layer Audio Video Composition Engine Base Services XML/XAML Parser Accessibility Property System Input and Eventing Text Imaging 2D Animation Other Services Core Controls Basic Layout Container Controls
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9 XAML Example Click <LinearGradientBrush StartPoint="0.0, 1.0" EndPoint="1.0, 0.0">
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10 Increased Development Productivity Integrated Platform for UI, Text, and Media Declarative Programming (XAML) Bringing Designers Into the Application Development Process Tools for Designers: Microsoft Expression Tools for Developers: Visual Studio 3 rd Party Support: Mobiform, Electric Rain
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11 Designer Emotional Connection Look, behavior, data visualization, usability, brand impact Developer Functional Capabilities Deployment, function, data connection and integrity, IT process, security C++ C# VB.NET Paper JPG / TIFF MOV / WMV PSD PPT XAML Unifying the Designer/Developer Process
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12 "WPF/E" Features Demo
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13 "WPF/E" Web Programming Model XAML and JavaScript in a web page Access "WPF/E" via JavaScript Support inline and external XAML/script XAML and.NET Framework code "WPF/E" hosts an x-platform.NET runtime Code (C#/VB.NET) is compiled into an intermediate language (IL) IL is run in a secure and “managed” environment "WPF/E" loads external package containing IL and XAML
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14 External Package <html> </…> </html> default.wpfe contains: default.xaml (compressed) It may also contain: Other XAML files XAML and script files Resources (images, media, fonts, others)
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15.NET Programming Model Web page plug-in loads external package Web Page: <html> … … </html> sample.wpfe: sample.xamlsample.il External package contains XAML and IL The container is loaded into the "WPF/E" plug-in
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16 “Managed code” programming model sample.xaml: Turn Red sample.cs (becomes sample.il): b1.Click += new EventHandler(Button1_Click); void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { p1.Background = Brushes.Red; }
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17 "WPF/E" Controls Basic controls Input, Button, CheckBox, RadioButton Canvas, Grid and Stack Rich styles and template support
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18 Questions and Feedback…
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