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You will need to answer questions pertaining to this book in order to successfully download the code. iii For my family iv Contents at a Glance ■ About the Author.............................................................................................................xxii ■ About the Technical Reviewer........................................................................................xxii ■ Acknowledgments.........................................................................................................xxiv ■ Introduction.....................................................................................................................xxv ■ Chapter 1: Introducing Silverlight......................................................................................1 ■ Chapter 2: XAML...............................................................................................................33 ■ Chapter 3: Layout..............................................................................................................61 ■ Chapter 4:Dependency Properties and Routed Events.................................................107 ■ Chapter 5: Elements........................................................................................................135 ■ Chapter 6: The Application Model..................................................................................183 ■ Chapter 7: Navigation.....................................................................................................227 ■ Chapter 8: Shapes and Geometries................................................................................253 ■ Chapter 9: Brushes, Transforms,and Bitmaps...............................................................291 ■ Chapter 10: Animation....................................................................................................325 ■ Chapter 11: Sound, Video, and Deep Zoom....................................................................387 ■ Chapter 12: Styles and Behaviors..................................................................................425 ■ Chapter 13: Templates and Custom Controls................................................................449 ■ Chapter 14: Browser Integration....................................................................................491 ■ Chapter 15: ASP.NET Web Services................................................................................517 ■ Chapter 16: Data Binding................................................................................................541 ■ Chapter 17: Data Controls..............................................................................................585 ■ Chapter 18: Isolated Storage..........................................................................................635 ■ Chapter 19: Multithreading.............................................................................................657 ■ Chapter 20: Networking..................................................................................................679 ■ Index................................................................................................................................727 v Contents ■ About the Author.............................................................................................................xxii ■ About the Technical Reviewer.......................................................................................xxiii ■ Acknowledgments.........................................................................................................xxiv ■ Introduction.....................................................................................................................xxv Understanding Silverlight................................................................................................................9 Silverlight System Requirements.............................................................................................................12 Silverlight vs. Flash...................................................................................................................................12 Silverlight and WPF...................................................................................................................................14 The Evolution of Silverlight.......................................................................................................................15 About This Book............................................................................................................................17 What You Need to Use This Book.............................................................................................................17 The Silverlight Toolkit...............................................................................................................................18 Code Samples............................................................................................................................................19 Feedback...................................................................................................................................................19 The Last Word................................................................................................................................19 ■ Chapter 1: Introducing Silverlight......................................................................................1 Silverlight Design Tools..................................................................................................................1 Visual Studio vs. Expression Blend............................................................................................................2 Understanding Silverlight Websites...........................................................................................................3 Creating a Stand-Alone Silverlight Project.....................................................................................4 Creating a Simple Silverlight Page.................................................................................................7 Adding Event Handling Code......................................................................................................................9 Testing a Silverlight Application..............................................................................................................11 Creating an ASP.NET-Hosted Silverlight Project..........................................................................12 ASP.NET Controls That Render Silverlight Content..................................................................................16 Mixing ASP.NET Controls and Silverlight Content...................................................................................17 Silverlight Compilation and Deployment......................................................................................17 Compiling a Silverlight Application..........................................................................................................17 Deploying a Silverlight Application..........................................................................................................19 Silverlight Core Assemblies......................................................................................................................21 vii ■ CONTENTS Silverlight Add-On Assemblies.................................................................................................................22 Assembly Caching.....................................................................................................................................23 The HTML Entry Page....................................................................................................................25 Sizing the Silverlight Content Region.......................................................................................................27 Silverlight Parameters..............................................................................................................................27 Alternative Content...................................................................................................................................29 Creating a Friendly Install Experience.....................................................................................................29 The Mark of the Web.................................................................................................................................30 The Last Word................................................................................................................................31 ■ Chapter 2: XAML...............................................................................................................33 XAML Basics..................................................................................................................................34 XAML Namespaces...................................................................................................................................34 Core Silverlight Namespaces..............................................................................................................35 Design Namespaces............................................................................................................................36 Custom Namespaces...........................................................................................................................37 The Code-Behind Class.............................................................................................................................38 Naming Elements.................................................................................................................................39 Properties and Events in XAML.....................................................................................................39 Simple Properties and Type Converters...................................................................................................41 Complex Properties...................................................................................................................................42 Attached Properties..................................................................................................................................44 Nesting Elements......................................................................................................................................45 Events........................................................................................................................................................48 The Full Eight Ball Example......................................................................................................................49 XAML Resources............................................................................................................................50 The Resources Collection.........................................................................................................................50 The Hierarchy of Resources......................................................................................................................51 Accessing Resources in Code...................................................................................................................53 Organizing Resources with Resource Dictionaries.................................................................................54 Element-to-Element Binding.........................................................................................................56 One-Way Binding.......................................................................................................................................56 Two-Way Binding......................................................................................................................................57 The Last Word................................................................................................................................59 ■ Chapter 3: Layout..............................................................................................................61 The Layout Containers...................................................................................................................61 The Panel Background..............................................................................................................................63 Borders......................................................................................................................................................65 Simple Layout with the StackPanel..............................................................................................66 Layout Properties......................................................................................................................................68 Alignment..................................................................................................................................................69 viii