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Matthew MacDonald

"Pro WPF with VB 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5"


Chapter 19:Documents introduces WPF??™s rich document support. You??™ll learn to use
flow documents to present large amounts of text in the most readable way possible, and
you??™ll use fixed documents to show print-ready pages. You??™ll even use the RichTextBox to
provide document editing.
Chapter 20: Printing demonstrates WPF??™s new printing model, which lets you draw text
and shapes in a print document. You??™ll also learn how to manage page settings and print
queues.
Chapter 21: Animation explores WPF??™s animation framework, which lets you integrate
dynamic effects into your application using straightforward, declarative markup.
Chapter 22: Sound and Video describes WPF??™s media support. You??™ll see how to control
playback for sound and video, and how to throw in synchronized animations and live
effects.
Chapter 23: 3-D Drawing explores the support for drawing 3-D shapes in WPF. You??™ll
learn how to create, transform, and animate 3-D objects. You??™ll even see how to place
interactive 2-D controls on 3-D surfaces.
Chapter 24: Custom Elements explores how you can extend the existing WPF controls
and create your own. You??™ll see several examples, including a template-based color
picker, a masked text box, and a decorator that performs custom drawing.
Chapter 25: Interacting with Windows Forms examines how you can combine WPF and
Windows Forms content in the same application??”and even in the same window.


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