Introducing WinFX the Application Programming Interface for the Next Generation of Microsoft Windows: Code Name "Longhorn" - Softcover

Rector, Brent E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0735620857 ISBN 13: 9780735620858

Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

Get an expert, developer-focused introduction to the next generation Windows client operating system. Windows programming authority Brent Rector takes you inside the WinFX application model, explaining how its unified, managed-code environment dramatically simplifies many programmatic housekeeping tasks and provides application security services from the very beginning of the development process. Then you ll jump right into compiling, deploying, and running your first applications. From learning the new Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) to taking advantage of the radical enhancements in security and privacy features, unified storage, file system APIs, rich media, and collaboration and communication services you get the prerelease insights and code to dig into the Longhorn API right now. Discover how to: Design applications using the WinFX application model Work with the Microsoft .NET Build Engine Exploit XAML to produce media-rich user interfaces and enhance online page navigation Use the new WinFS storage system to access, manipulate, extend, and share data with less programmatic complexity Move information between a .N ET object and the UI and back again without writing any procedural code using data binding Create security-enhanced communication applications from Web services to RemoteObjects using Microsoft s new Indigo technology Write mobile applications with improved power management, grab-and-go docking, and wireless networking capabilities #160;

Edition details

• Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0735620857
• ISBN 13: 9780735620858
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 185