June 2012
Beginner
1000 pages
33h 35m
English
In previous chapters, you’ve seen interesting controls that include text, rectangles, and even more complex shapes. Even the lowly button, for example, has text, a couple of rectangles, and a gradient background. Controls such as the pop-up ChildWindow control have drop shadows to enhance their appearance and help them stand out in the eyes of the user. Those buttons and other controls use vector graphics, brushes, and effects.
Graphics within Silverlight are vector-based; they’re mathematically based objects. They’re ideal for internet distribution because vector-based graphics ...