Microsoft® Visual C#® 2008 Step by Step

Chapter 22. Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation

After completing this chapter, you will be able to:

• Create Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications.

• Use common WPF controls such as labels, text boxes, and buttons.

• Define styles for WPF controls.

• Change the properties of WPF forms and controls at design time and through code at run time.

• Handle events exposed by WPF forms and controls.

Now that you have completed the exercises and examined the examples in the first three parts of this book, you should be well versed in the C# language. You have learned how to write programs and create components by using C#, and you should understand many of the finer points of the language, such as extension methods, lambda expressions, and ...