1. "Avalon": Building Applications With Controls And Dialogs
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Session Code: CLI300
"Avalon": Building Applications With Controls And Dialogs
Rob Relyea
Lead Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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2. Agenda Avalon Programming Model
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Agenda
Avalon Programming Model
Better Applications
Faster and Easier Development
Integration of UI, Documents and Media
We’ll spend 45 minutes in Visual Studio
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3. Better, Faster And Easier
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Better, Faster And Easier
“Xaml” Declarative Programming
Library of Panels provides great Layout functionality
Great Visuals – Opacity, Gradients, Shapes, Animations and Transforms
Styling capabilities allow customization of built in controls
Data driven applications
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4. Client Application Model
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Tools
Client Application Model
Avalon
Windows Forms
System.Windows
System.Windows.Forms
Web & Service Application Model
Data Systems Application Model
Mobile PC & Devices Application Model
Command Line
Compact Framework
System.Console
ASP.NET / Indigo
Win FS
Yukon
Mobile PC Optimized
NT Service
System.Web
System.Storage
System.Data.SqlServer
System.Windows.Forms
System.Windows
System.ServiceProcess
Presentation
Data
Communication
Animation
Controls
Control
Design
Panel
Dialogs
SideBar
Notification
System.Windows
Documents
Text Element
Shapes
Shape
Ink
UI Element
Explorer
Media
Navigation
System.Search
System.Data
System.Messaging
System. Discovery
System.Collaboration
Annotations
SqlClient
DataSet
System.DirectoryServices
RealTimeEndpoint
SqlTypes
Mapping
Active Directory
TransientDataSession
Monitoring
System.Remoting
SqlXML
ObjectSpaces
SignalingSession
Logging
System.Runtime.Remoting
Uddi
OdbcClient
ObjectSpace
Media
Relevance
OleDbClient
Query
Activities
OracleClient
Schema
System.Web.Services
System.MessageBus
Animation
Controls
Control
Design
Panel
Dialogs
SideBar
Notification
System.Windows
Documents
Text Element
Shapes
Shape
Ink
UI Element
Explorer
Media
Navigation
Web.Service
Transport
Queue
System.Storage
System.Windows.Forms
System.Web.UI
Description
Port
PubSub
Item
Core
Forms
Page
WebControls
Discovery
Channel
Router
Relationship
Contact
Control
Control
Adaptors
Service
Policy
Protocols
Media
Location
Print Dialog
HtmlControls
Design
Peer Group
Audio
Message
Design
MobileControls
Video
Document
System.Net
Images
Event
System.Web
System.Help
System.Speech
HttpWebRequest
NetworkInformation
Personalization
System.Xml
FtpWebListener
Sockets
System.Drawing
Recognition
Synthesis
Caching
Schema
Xpath
SslClientStream
Cache
System.NaturalLanguageServices
SessionState
Serialization
Query
WebClient
Fundamentals
Base & Application Services
Security
Configuration
Deployment/Management
System.Timers
System.Text
System.Collections
System.Windows. TrustManagement
System.Web.Configuration
System.Security
System.Web
System.Globalization
System.Design
Generic
System.MessageBus.Configuration
Administration
System.Serialization
System.IO
System.Web. Security
Authorization
Permissions
System.ComponentModel
System.Configuration
Management
System.Threading
Ports
AccessControl
Policy
System.CodeDom
System.Resources
System.Message Bus.Security
Credentials
Principal
System.Management
System.Runtime
System.Reflection
Cryptography
Token
System.Deployment
Serialization
InteropServices
System.EnterpriseServices
System.Diagnostics
CompilerServices
System.Transactions
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5. Five Element Families Control Panel Decorator Shape Content Element
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Five Element Families
Core Content Element
UIElement
Object
PresentationCore
Retained Visual
Visual
Dependency Object
UIContext Object
Presentation Framework
Framework Element
Control
Panel
Decorator
Shape
Content Element
MSAvalon.Windows.Controls
MSAvalon.Windows.Controls.Primitives
MSAvalon.Windows. Shapes
MSAvalon.Windows. Documents
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6. Demonstration Setup Builds you are getting What you can download
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Demonstration Setup
Builds you are getting
Windows “Longhorn”
Visual Studio .Net “Whidbey”
Xml, Code, and Build – working
Designer – doesn’t exist yet
“Longhorn” SDK
What you can download
Patched VS.Net DLL for better Xml intellisense
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7. Building The Avalon Session Viewer
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Building The Avalon Session Viewer
45 minutes of code!
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8. Project Build Source obj bin Viewer. csproj MyApp .xaml Window1 .xaml
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Project Build
Viewer. csproj `
Source
MyApp .xaml
Window1 .xaml
Pane1 .xaml
MyApp .xaml.cs
Window1 .xaml.cs
Pane1 .xaml.cs
Images/
obj
MyApp .g.cs
Window1 .g.cs
Pane1 .g.cs
Viewer .main.g.cs
Window1 .baml
Pane1 .baml
bin
Viewer .deploy
Viewer.exe
Viewer .manifest
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9. Controls* Interactive Elements
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Controls* Interactive Elements
Framework Element
Control
Text
Frame
Windows FormsHost
Content Control
Text Box
Scroll Bar
Items Control
Slider
Button
HyperLink
ListBox
Menu
Check Box
ToolTip
Combo Box
Context Menu
RadioButton
ListItem
Radio ButtonList
* - Simplified
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10. Panels Measure, Arrange, Render
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Panels Measure, Arrange, Render
Framework Element
Panel
Canvas
Dock Panel
Flow Panel
Grid Panel
Table
Text Panel
FixedPage
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11. Content Elements Document building blocks
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Content Elements Document building blocks
Content Element
Inline
Element
Line Break
Page Break
Block Element
Bold
Small Caps
Section
List
Italic
Sub Script
Heading
Note
Underline
Super Script
Paragraph
Inline
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12. Shapes Elements for Vector Graphics
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Shapes Elements for Vector Graphics
Framework Element
Shape
Image
Video
Ellipse
Line
Path
Polygon
Polyline
Rectangle
Glyphs
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13. Decorators Containers that affect rendering
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Decorators Containers that affect rendering
Decorator
Border
Transform Decorator
When used, Decorators can only contain one child
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14. Other Topics Covered In Demo
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Other Topics Covered In Demo
.xaml & .xaml.cs
Controls & Panels
Application Model (CLI303)
Document Services (CLI305)
Shapes & Animations (CLI341)
Styling Controls (CLI308)
Using Data (CLI306)
Windows Forms Interop (CLI391)
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15. Summary Avalon Programming Model
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Summary
Avalon Programming Model
Better applications
Faster and easier development
Integration of UI, Documents and Media
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16. Community Resources Get your questions answered!
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Community Resources Get your questions answered!
Newsgroups
microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.avalon
Longhorn DevCenter
Client Track Lounge - Concourse Foyer
connect with Microsoft client product teams and PDC 2003 Speakers
Ask The Experts
Tuesday 7 pm – 9 pm in Hall G,H
PDC Weblogs
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17. © 2003-2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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