Composite Applications with WPF and PRISM 4.0 Eyal Vardi CEO E4D Solutions LTD Microsoft MVP Visual C# blog:

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Agenda How to build Composite application? ModularityModularity ProductivityProductivity ExtensibilityExtensibility SecuritySecurity CommunicationCommunication DeploymentDeployment Multi-LanguageMulti-Language

Outlook Sample

Shell & Region == Master Page Ribbon App Nav App’s BodyPane Status Bar

DEMO Shell & Region

View-Based Navigation _container.RegisterType ("ViewName"); _regionManager.RequestNavigate( "RegionName", new Uri( "ViewName", UriKind.Relative) ); _container.RegisterType ("ViewName"); _regionManager.RequestNavigate( "RegionName", new Uri( "ViewName", UriKind.Relative) ); public interface INavigationAware { void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationContext navigationContext); bool IsNavigationTarget(NavigationContext navigationContext); void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigationContext navigationContext); } public interface INavigationAware { void OnNavigatedTo(NavigationContext navigationContext); bool IsNavigationTarget(NavigationContext navigationContext); void OnNavigatedFrom(NavigationContext navigationContext); }

DEMO Navigation

Event Aggregator Publisher / Subscriber Publisher Publisher Subscriber Subscriber

DEMO Event Aggregator

Visual State Manager (VSM) Data States Communication States SecurityStatesSecurityStates

Visual State Manager (VSM) State Transition State Groups

DEMO Visual State Manager

State-Based Navigation <DataStateBehavior Binding="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName= ShowAsListButton}" TrueState="ShowAsList" FalseState="ShowAsIcons"/> <DataStateBehavior Binding="{Binding IsChecked, ElementName= ShowAsListButton}" TrueState="ShowAsList" FalseState="ShowAsIcons"/>

[TemplateVisualState(Name="Normal", GroupName="CommonStates")] [TemplateVisualState(Name="MouseOver", GroupName="CommonStates")] [TemplateVisualState(Name="Pressed", GroupName="CommonStates")] public class NumericUpDown : Control } { [TemplateVisualState(Name="Normal", GroupName="CommonStates")] [TemplateVisualState(Name="MouseOver", GroupName="CommonStates")] [TemplateVisualState(Name="Pressed", GroupName="CommonStates")] public class NumericUpDown : Control } { Initiating State Changes The authors is responsible for telling VisualStateManager when a visual state change should occur. private void GoToState(bool useTransitions) } if (isPressed) VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Pressed", useTransitions); else if (isMouseOver) VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "MouseOver", useTransitions); else VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Normal“, useTransitions); { private void GoToState(bool useTransitions) } if (isPressed) VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Pressed", useTransitions); else if (isMouseOver) VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "MouseOver", useTransitions); else VisualStateManager.GoToState(this, "Normal“, useTransitions); {

Behaviors & Actions are Everywhere ConditionalConditional MotionMotion DataData AnimationAnimation

XAMLAdd-onXAMLAdd-on Attached property Drag & Drop Behavior is a…

DEMO Behaviors & Actions

SHSH PP PP CommunicationWCF Event Aggregator Interfaces Communication Module

Summary Keep the client thin. Defined your visual state with VSM. Use Behaviors & Actions for RAD. Use the Prism for modularity.

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Eyal Vardi CEO E4D Solutions LTD Microsoft MVP Visual C# blog: