CHAPTER 14

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Using the FlipView Control

In this chapter, I am going to describe the FlipView control, which is one of the WinJS data-driven UI controls. Data-driven controls get their content from a data source and monitor the data source to make sure that they display the latest available data. The FlipView control displays one item at a time from the data source and allows the user to move between them either by clicking on a button or by making a flip touch gesture.

In this chapter, I’ll show you how to prepare a data source for a data-driven control and combine it with templates that are used to represent each item to the user. You’ll see a ...

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