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Windows Communication Foundation- October 24, 2008 at 18:10 pm
by Rajmeet Ghai
What is Windows Presentation Foundation, WPF?
WPF allows creating rich application with respect to look and feel. The rich
classes of WPF along with a design engine allow you to make innovative
interfaces and client applications with 3D images, animation that is not
available using HTML.
What are the different documents supported in WPF?
The different documents supported by WPF are mainly fixed documents and flow
documents. Fixed documents are used for what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG)
applications. In such applications observance to the original design is
important. E.g. Desktop applications Flow documents concentrate more on
optimize viewing and readability., rather than using a “fixed” layout, flow
documents adjust their content based on values of runtime variables. Adjusting
content will also include adjusting size, resolution etc. E.g. a Web page
What is XAML?
Extensible Application Markup Language is a XML based language used to create
rich GUI’s. It supports both vector and bitmap images. These files are XML
files with .xaml extension. It can be used for creating graphical effects. XAML
allows creating visible UI elements and separate the UI definition from the
programming logic.
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