Chapter 26:Multithreading and Add-Ins describes two advanced topics. You??™ll use multithreading
to create responsive WPF applications that perform time-consuming work in
the background. You??™ll use the add-in model to create an extensible application that can
dynamically discover and load separate components.
Chapter 27: ClickOnce Deployment shows how you can deploy WPF applications using
the ClickOnce setup model introduced in .NET 2.0.
What You Need to Use This Book
WPF exists in two versions. The original version was released with .NET 3.0 and shipped with
Windows Vista. The second (slightly improved) version was released with .NET 3.5. Incidentally,
the second version of WPF is named WPF 3.5 to match the version of the .NET
Framework.
This book assumes you??™re using the latest-and-greatest version, .NET 3.5. All the downloadable
examples use Visual Studio 2008 projects and target .NET 3.5. However, most of the
concepts you??™ll learn apply equally well to .NET 3.0. For more information about the refinements
that were added to WPF in .NET 3.5, refer to the section ???The Evolution of WPF??? in
Chapter 1.
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In order to run a WPF 3.5 application, your computer must have Microsoft Windows Vista
or Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2. You also need the .NET Framework 3.
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