Visual Studio 2008 Windows Presentation Foundation

Course Code: MS6460
Duration: 3 Days

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Overview

This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to build and configure a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) solution.

This course is intended for application developers who know how to build Windows Forms applications, custom user controls in .NET 2.0 and how to use the common features of the base class library. They do not have to understand concepts such advanced UI threading and asynchronous programming, building custom controls from scratch or using GDI. They also do not need experience building Visual Studio addins or custom designers.

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should have intermediate experience developing applications by using previous versions of Microsoft Visual Studio at level 200.

Delegates will learn how to

  • Create a WPF application.
  • Build a user interface in a WPF application.
  • Customize the appearance of a WPF application.
  • Bind user interface controls to data sources.
  • Bind user interface controls to collections.
  • Create new controls in a WPF application.
  • Manage documents in a WPF application.
  • Add graphics and multimedia support to a WPF application.
  • Configure and deploy WPF applications.

Course outline

Module 1: Creating an Application by Using WPF

This module explains how to build a WPF application.

Module 2: Building User Interfaces

This module explains how to build a user interface in a WPF application.

Module 3: Customizing Appearance

This module explains how to customize the appearance of a WPF application

Module 4: Data Binding

This module explains how to bind user interface controls to data sources.

Module 5: Data Binding to Collections

This module explains how to bind user interface controls to collections.

Module 6: Creating New Controls

This module explains how to create new controls in a WPF application.

Module 7: Managing Documents

This module explains how to manage documents in a WPF application

Module 8: Graphics and Multimedia

This module explains how to add graphics and multimedia support to a WPF application.

Module 9: Configure and Deploy WPF Applications

This module explains how to configure and deploy WPF applications.

Related Certifications

This course forms part of the following certification track(s):