Beginning Silverlight 3: From Novice to Professional

Prelim......Page 1
Contents at a Glance......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
About the Author......Page 14
About the Technical Reviewer......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 16
The Evolution of the User Interface......Page 17
What Is Silverlight?......Page 19
Benefits of Silverlight......Page 20
XAML, a Text-Based Markup Language......Page 21
Small Runtime and Simple Deployment......Page 22
The Silverlight Development Environment......Page 24
New Features in Silverlight 3......Page 26
Summary......Page 27
What Is Visual Studio?......Page 29
IntelliSense Improvements......Page 30
New Debugging Features......Page 34
Try It Out: JavaScript IntelliSense and Debugging......Page 36
Multi-Targeting Support......Page 44
Transparent IntelliSense Mode......Page 46
Try It Out: Hello World in Silverlight 3......Page 47
Using a Visual Studio Web Application Project......Page 52
Summary......Page 53
Layout Management......Page 55
The Canvas Panel......Page 56
Try It Out: Using the Canvas Panel......Page 57
Filling the Entire Browser Window with Your Application......Page 60
Try It Out: Using the StackPanel Control......Page 61
Try It Out: Nesting StackPanel Controls......Page 63
Try It Out: Using the Grid Control......Page 65
Try It Out: Nesting a Grid and Spanning a Column......Page 68
The WrapPanel Control......Page 71
Try It Out: Using the WrapPanel Control......Page 72
The DockPanel Control......Page 75
Try It Out: Using the DockPanel Control......Page 76
Summary......Page 79
Attribute Syntax......Page 81
Attached Properties......Page 82
Nesting Controls Within Controls......Page 83
Try It Out: Declaring an Event in XAML......Page 84
Try It Out: Declaring an Event Handler in Managed Code......Page 88
The Border Control......Page 92
Try It Out: Working with the TextBox Control......Page 96
Try It Out: Working with the RadioButton and CheckBox Controls......Page 100
Adding an Extended Control......Page 103
Try It Out: Using the GridSplitter......Page 104
AutoCompleteBox......Page 106
ViewBox......Page 108
Modal Windows......Page 109
Try It Out: Using the Modal Child Window......Page 111
Summary......Page 119
Data Binding......Page 121
Try It Out: Simple Data Binding in Silverlight......Page 122
Try It Out: Element to Element Binding......Page 130
The DataGrid Control......Page 132
Try It Out: Building a Simple DataGrid......Page 133
The Columns Collection......Page 138
DataGridCheckBoxColumn......Page 139
Try It Out: Building a DataGrid with Custom Columns......Page 140
The ListBox Control......Page 146
Default and Custom ListBox Items......Page 147
Try It Out: Building a ListBox with Custom Content......Page 149
Summary......Page 151
Data Access in Silverlight Applications......Page 153
Try It Out: Accessing Data Through a WCF Service......Page 154
Accessing Services from Other Domains......Page 165
Accessing Data Through Sockets......Page 166
Summary......Page 168
Try It Out: Creating a Silverlight Navigation Application......Page 169
Deep Linking......Page 180
The NavigationService Object......Page 181
Try it Out: Using the NavigationService Object......Page 182
Passing Data to Navigation Pages......Page 184
Try it Out: Passing Data to Navigation Pages......Page 185
Uri Mapping......Page 188
Try it Out: Uri Mapping and the Navigation Framework......Page 189
Try it Out: Using the Silverlight Navigation Application Template......Page 191
Using Multiple Frames......Page 195
Try it Out: Using Multiple Frames......Page 196
Summary......Page 198
Using the Isolated Storage API......Page 199
IsolatedStorageSettings......Page 200
Try It Out: Creating a File Explorer for Isolated Storage......Page 202
Creating the Application Layout......Page 203
Coding the File Explorer......Page 213
Testing the File Explorer......Page 222
Viewing and Clearing Isolated Storage......Page 223
Try It Out: Increasing the Isolated Storage Quota......Page 225
Summary......Page 228
Key Features in Expression Blend......Page 229
Split-View Mode......Page 230
World-Class Timeline......Page 231
Try It Out: Working with Projects in Expression Blend......Page 232
Toolbox......Page 237
Properties Panel......Page 239
Try It Out: Editing a Layout Grid with Expression Blend......Page 241
Summary......Page 249
Try It Out: Setting Inline Properties with Visual Studio......Page 251
Try It Out: Setting Inline Properties with Expression Blend......Page 259
Silverlight Styles......Page 267
Try It Out: Using Styles As Static Resources......Page 269
Defining Styles at the Application Level......Page 275
Merged Resource Dictionaries......Page 277
Silverlight Style Hierarchy......Page 278
Summary......Page 280
Introduction to Silverlight Animation......Page 282
Silverlight Storyboards......Page 283
Types of Animation in Silverlight......Page 284
Programmatically Controlling Animations......Page 286
Viewing a Storyboard in the Expression Blend Timeline......Page 288
Try It Out: Creating an Animation with Expression Blend......Page 289
Creating Transformations in Silverlight......Page 297
ScaleTransform......Page 298
TranslateTransform......Page 299
Try It Out: Using Expression Blend to Transform Silverlight Objects......Page 300
Summary......Page 303
When to Write Custom Controls......Page 304
Silverlight Control Toolkit......Page 305
Parts and States Model......Page 306
Dependency Properties......Page 307
Implementing Custom Functionality......Page 308
Setting Up the Control Project......Page 309
Defining Properties and States......Page 311
Defining the Control’s Appearance......Page 314
Handling Control Events......Page 319
Compiling and Testing the Control......Page 323
Summary......Page 324
Hosting Silverlight Content......Page 326
Assembly Caching......Page 327
Try It Out: Exploring Assembly Caching......Page 328
Out of Browser Support......Page 332
Customizing the Install Application Dialog......Page 334
Out of Browser API......Page 335
Summary......Page 337
Index......Page 338