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25. Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML

Andrew Troelsen1   and Phil Japikse2
(1)
Chambersburg, PA, USA
(2)
West Chester, OH, USA
 

When version 1.0 of the .NET platform was released, programmers who needed to build graphical desktop applications made use of two APIs named Windows Forms and GDI+, packaged up primarily in the System.Windows.Forms.dll and System.Drawing.dll assemblies. While Windows Forms and GDI+ are still viable APIs for building traditional desktop GUIs, Microsoft shipped an alternative GUI desktop API named Windows Presentation Foundation ...

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