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Contents

Introduction xxv

Introduction t Chapter 1: o Silverlight 1

What Is Silverlight? 2

Silverlight Versions Explained 5

Application Development Scenarios 6

Getting the Silverlight Plug-In 8

Getting the Silverlight SDK 11

Building Silverlight Applications 12

Silverlight 4 Tour 12

XAML 13

.NET Framework Support 14

Graphics and Animations 15

Page Layout and Design 18

User Interface Controls 20

Using Media in Silverlight 21

Local Data Storage 22

Out-of-Browser Experiences 22

Local Filesystem Access 23

Navigation Framework 23

Annotation and Ink 24

Accessing the Network 25

Data Binding 26

Printing 27

Drag-and-Drop 27

Clipboard Access 27

Deep Zoom Graphics 28

Summary 29

Chapter 2: Building Applications with Visual Studio 31

Creating a Basic Silverlight Application 31

Using Silverlight Designer for Visual Studio 35

Creating Silverlight Project and Web Application Project Files 40

Using the Silverlight Design Surface 41

Understanding the XAP File 47

Caching Assemblies 50

Adding Class Definition and Partial Classes 52

Understanding the Application Life Cycle 55

Debugging Silverlight Applications 57

Attaching to a Process to Debug 57

Attaching to a Remote Macintosh Process 59

Configuring Silverlight MIME Types 61

Adding MIME Support to IIS 61

Summary 62

Building Applications w Chapter 3: ith Expression Blend 4 63

Learning Expression Blend Basics 64

IDE Tour 64

Creating Your Own Silverlight Project 77

Using Expression Blend Behaviors 78

Implementing Behaviors 78

Consuming Behaviors 80

Using the Visual State Manager 81

Creating a Control Template(s) 81

Customizing Visual States 83

Importing Design Assets 83

Importing PhotoShop (PSD) Assets 84

Importing Illustrator (AI) Files 85

Importing Fonts and Images Assets 85

Using the Expression Suite 86

Expression Encoder 87

Deep Zoom Composer 87

Summary 91

Chapter 4: Working with the Navigation Framework 93

Using the Navigation Template 93

Creating Parameterized Query Strings 99

Using the Frame Class 105

Using a Custom Menu Control 111

Adding Navigation Animations 113

Summary 115

Chapter 5: Controlling Layout with Panels 117

Measure, Then Arrange 118

Element Sizing Characteristics 120

Height and Width 120

Alignment 123

Margin and Padding 123

Using Layout Panels 125

Canvas 126

StackPanel 127

VirtualizingStackPanel 128

Grid 129

WrapPanel 131

DockPanel 132

Finding Third-Party Panels 133

Creating Custom Panels 133

Silverlight Plug-In Sizing 137

Summary 138

Working with Chapter 6: Visual Controls 139

Where to Find Controls 140

Using Text Display Controls 142

TextBlock 142

Label 143

Using Input Editor Controls 144

Text 144

Using Numeric Editor Controls 147

Dates and Time 150

Using Lists and Items Controls 154

DataGrid 154

DataForm 162

ListBox, ComboBox, and TabControl 163

DataPager 169

Accordion 170

TreeView 172

Using Button Controls 175

Button 175

HyperlinkButton 177

ToggleButton 177

Using the GridSplitter Control 178

Using the Image Control 179

Using Data Visualization Controls 180

TreeMap 180

Chart 185

Using Other Miscellaneous Controls 189

ViewBox 189

BusyIndicator 190

Expander 192

ValidationSummary 192

Tooltip 193

ScrollViewer 194

Creating Custom Controls 195

Template Parts 200

Visual States 201

Summary 203

Chapter 7: Accessing Data 205

Processing XML Data 205

LINQ to XML 206

Using an XmlReader 208

Binding a User Interface to Data 209

Establishing a Data-Binding Connection 209

Handling Data Updates 215

Converting Data Types 222

Working with Services 225

Building an ASP.NET Web Service 227

Consuming a Simple XML Web Service 234

Working with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) 238

Working with REST-Based Services 247

Summary 255

Chapter 8: WCF RIA Services 257

Understanding WCF RIA Services 258

Building a Simple RIA Services Application 259

Reviewing the Business Application Solution 260

Building an Entity Data Model 261

Building a Domain Service 264

Connecting the Silverlight Client to Your Domain Service 268

Connecting to the Domain Service through XAML 273

Filtering Results 277

Summary 280

Chapter 9: Out-of-Browser Experiences 281

Creating an Out-of-Browser Application 281

Out-of-Browser Application Features 282

Configuring an Out-of-Browser Application in Visual Studio 283

Installing an Out-of-Browser Application 287

Uninstalling an Out-of-Browser Application 290

Updating an Out-of-Browser Application 290

Installing Trusted Applications 292

Accessing the File Systems 295

Using COM Automation 295

Support for Window Customization 296

Adding Digital Signatures 299

Installing a Local Silverlight Application 300

Summary 300

Networking Chapter 10: Applications 301

The WebClient Class 302

Using OpenReadAsync() 302

Downloading Files Using WebClient 304

Uploading Files Using WebClient 307

Reusing a Single WebClient Object 310

Cross-Domain Access 311

Silverlight and WCF Duplex Communications 314

Setting Up the Duplex Service 314

Setting Up the Duplex Client 320

Sockets 323

Setting Up the Policy Server 324

Setting Up the Application Sockets Server 328

Setting Up the Sockets Client 332

Summary 336

Chapter 11: Building Line of Business Applications 337

Line of Business Basics 337

Responding to Mouse Actions 338

Enabling Right-Click Support 340

Handling Multi-Touch 342

Drawing with Ink 343

Enabling Clipboard Access 345

Adding Printing Support 347

Supporting Drag-and-Drop 349

Using the Web Browser Control 350

Advanced Scenarios 351

Communicating between Silverlight Applications 351

Integrating with Office 364

Globalization and Localization 366

Localizing Your Application 367

Using Resource Files 367

Packing and Deploying 369

Supporting Bidirectional Right-to-Left (RTL) Text 370

Deploying Best Practices 371

Full-Screen Applications 371

Summary 373

Application Chapter 12: Architecture 375

Understanding Design Patterns 376

Exploring the Model View ViewModel (MVVM) 377

Learning about Inversion of Control/Dependency Injection 390

Exploring the Event Broker Pattern 395

Using Silverlight Frameworks 396

Exploring the Managed Extensibility Framework 396

Exploring PRISM/Composite Application Library 411

Defining Your Data Access Strategy 424

Handling Performance 427

Summary 428

Chapter 13: DO M Interaction 429

Configuring the Silverlight Plug-In 429

windowless 432

splashScreenSource 433

initParams 436

enablehtmlaccess 437

enableAutoZoom 437

enableGPUAcceleration 437

enableNavigation 437

allowHtmlPopupWindow 437

Plug-In API 438

Creating Interaction between Silverlight and JavaScript 438

JavaScript API 439

HTML Bridge 441

Summary 446

Chapter 14: Securing Your Applications 449

Taking Advantage of AS P.NE T 450

Forms-Based Authentication 450

Windows-Based Authentication 455

Authenticating Specific Files and Folders 460

Using AS P.NE T Application Services 461

Working with Membership on the Server 461

Working with Membership on the Client 468

Working with Role Management on the Server 470

Summary 477

Accessing Audio a Chapter 15: nd Video Devices 479

Configuring Permissions 479

Accessing Audio and Video Devices 481

Capturing Images from a Video Feed 488

Saving Images to the Filesystem 492

Capturing an Audio Stream 494

Summary 495

Chapter 16: Working with File I/O           497

The OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Classes 497

Classes for Managing the Filesystem 500

.NET Classes That Represent Files and Folders 501

Using the Path Class 504

Using Basic File Objects from Silverlight 504

Moving, Copying, and Deleting Files 514

Extending on the FileProperties Solution 514

Using the Move, Copy, and Delete Methods 515

Reading and Writing Files 517

Reading from a File 518

Writing to a File 521

Using Streams 523

Using Buffered Streams 525

Reading and Writing Binary Files Using FileStream 525

Reading and Writing to Text Files 528

Using Isolated Storage Options 532

Reading and Writing from Isolated Storage 532

Understanding Space Constraints 536

Creating Directories in Isolated Storage 537

Deleting Your Store 538

Summary 539

Using Graphics a Chapter 17: nd Visuals 541

The Basics 541

Working with Rectangles and Borders 542

Applying Rounded Corners 542

Using the Ellipse 545

Using the Path 545

Using Geometries 548

Using Clipping/Masking Elements 550

Expression Blend Shapes 552

Binding to Shape Properties 554

Images and Media 554

Displaying Images 554

Displaying Media 559

Brushes 560

Painting with Solids 560

Painting with Linear Gradients 560

Painting with Radial Gradients 561

Painting with Images 562

Painting with Video 563

Editing Brushes in Expression Blend 564

Creating ImageBrushes 568

Fonts and Font Embedding 570

Effects 572

Applying Effects 572

Using Native Effects 573

Using Custom Effects 575

Transforms 581

Using 2D Transforms 582

Using Perspective 3D 587

Summary 590

Chapter 18: Working with Animations in Silverlight 591

Storyboard Animations 592

Applying Easing Functions 598

Controlling Storyboards Using Behaviors 601

Nesting Storyboards 601

Using Storyboards as Timers 602

Keyframe Animation 603

Rendering CompositionTargets 607

Animating Visibility 608

Animating Sprites 610

Summary 611

Chapter 19: Working with Text 613

Displaying and Inputting Text 613

Using the TextBlock Element 614

Using the RichTextBox Control 621

Font Support and Rendering 634

Using Embedded Fonts 636

Creating Font Glyph Subsets 638

Rendering Text 639

Summary 639

Chapter 20: Making It Richer with Media 641

Supported Formats 641

Unsupported Windows Media Formats 643

H.264 and AA C Support 643

Digital Rights Management 644

Using the MediaElement Control 644

Build Actions and Referencing Media 645

Adding a MediaElement in Blend 649

Sizing Video and Setting the Stretch Behavior 649

Transforming Video 651

Rotating Video in 3D 652

Clipping Video 653

Painting Elements with the VideoBrush 655

Simulating Video Reflections 656

Enabling GPU Hardware Acceleration 657

Audio Settings 658

Buffering 658

Detecting Download Progress 660

Detecting Playback Quality 660

Controlling Playback 661

Responding to Video Markers 663

Handling Failed Media 665

Responding to State Changes 666

Media Playlists 667

Server-Side Playlist (SSPL) Files 667

Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX) Files 669

Encoding Media with Expression Encoder 671

Smooth Streaming and IIS 7 678

Summary 679

Chapter 21: Styling and Themes 681

Getting Started 682

Defining a Core Terminology 682

Defining the Working Environment: A XAML-Based Approach 682

Defining Local Styling (Inline Styling) 683

Styling with Resources 684

Working with the Style Object 688

Understanding Value Resolution 689

Creating BasedOn Styles 689

Changing the Look of a Control with a Custom ControlTemplate 690

Defining and Using Implicit Styles 706

Defining and Organizing Resources 707

Defining Standalone ResourceDictionaries 708

Loading ResourceDictionaries (via the Merged Dictionaries Collection) 708

Understanding Resource Scope 709

Organizing Resources 710

Naming Resources 711

Using Themes 712

Using Silverlight Toolkit Themes 712

Creating Custom Themes 716

Distributing Your Theme 716

Editing Styles and Templates in Expression Blend 716

Editing the Default Button Style 716

Creating a Custom Button 719

Summary 721

Appendix A: XA ML Primer 723

Introducing XAML            723

Silverlight XAML Basics 724

Declaring Objects in XAML           726

Object or Content Element Syntax 726

Attribute Element Syntax 727

Property Element Syntax 727

Setting a Property Using Implicit Collection Syntax 728

Deciding When to Use Attribute or Property Element Syntax

to Set a Property 729

XAML Hierarchy 730

Events and the Silverlight Control 731

Event Handlers and Partial Classes 731

Event Bubbling 734

Markup Extensions 736

Binding Markup Extensions 737

StaticResource Markup Extensions 739

Summary 739

Testing Silverlight Appendix B: Applications 741

Creating the Sample Application 741

Using the Silverlight Unit Test Framework 743

Using the Selenium Test Framework 748

Automated UI Testing Using White 751

Mocking Frameworks 755

Summary 755

Appendix C: Building Facebook Applications

with Silverlight 757

Creating a New Application on Facebook 757

Using the Facebook Developer Toolkit 760

Adding the Facebook Connect Components 760

Using an Asynchronous API Request 764

Adding Features from the Facebook API 767

Summary 773

Appendix D: Integrating Silverlight into SharePoint 2010 775

The Sample Application 775

Using the SharePoint Foundation 2010 Silverlight Object Model 776

Deploying a Silverlight Application into SharePoint 780

Summary 781

Appendix E: Silverlight Control Assemb lies 783

Index 787