Windows Presentation Foundation

The standard work on WPF. Create professional applications with XAML and C#. Current for .NET Core 3, .NET 4.8, and Visual Studio 2019. Includes an introduction to XAML, layout, data binding, styles, Universal Windows Apps, WinUI, and much more. Everything you need to know about Microsoft's standard for surface programming: Over 1,200 pages demonstrate how to develop graphical user interfaces, 2D and 3D graphics, as well as animations, or integrate audio and video files with WPF. All topics are presented clearly and vividly using realistic application examples, ensuring that you can easily implement your own WPF applications. The book is aimed at developers with prior knowledge of C# and .NET and is suitable both for beginners in the subject and as a reference work for daily work. The fifth edition is current for .NET Core 3.0, .NET 4.8, and Visual Studio 2019. Contents include: Programming model, introduction to XAML, logical & visual tree, controls & layout, dependency properties, routed events & commands, resources, styles, triggers & templates, data binding, 2D & 3D graphics, animations, audio & video, text & documents, ActiveX & DirectX, Windows Forms/Win32, Universal Windows Apps.