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26. Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML

Authors: Andrew Troelsen, Philip Japikse

Publisher: Apress

Published in: C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework

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Abstract

When version 1.0 of the .NET platform was released, programmers who needed to build graphical desktop applications made use of two APIs named Windows Forms and GDI+, packaged up primarily in the System.Windows.Forms.dll and System.Drawing.dll assemblies. While Windows Forms/GDI+ are excellent APIs for building traditional desktop GUIs, Microsoft shipped an alternative GUI desktop API named Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) beginning with the release of .NET 3.0.

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Title

Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML

Book

C# 6.0 and the .NET 4.6 Framework

Print ISBN: 978-1-4842-1333-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4842-1332-2

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1332-2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-1332-2_26

Authors:

Andrew Troelsen
Philip Japikse

Publisher

Apress

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Chapter 26

Macmillian Higher Education

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