Building Data Centric Apps in WPF

Frank La Vigne Lead Designer/Architect, Applied Information Sciences www.FranksWorld.com

Frank La Vigne Microsoft MVP: Tablet PC INETA Membership Mentor for DC, Maryland and Delaware Manager/Founder Silverlight SIG Lead Designer @ AIS Blog: www.franksworld.com Company: www.appliedis.com Twitter: @Tableteer Feedback to [email_address]

Learn how we’re enabling you to build Data-centric Line of Business applications in WPF much more easily See the new Ribbon and DataGrid controls and understand how to use them right now See how wiring up data to your application will be easier in Visual Studio 2010 All of this mostly in demos , not slides! Slides will recap so you can find stuff later…

Great features out-of-the-box Autogenerate columns in one line of XAML Resizing, reordering, sorting, selection, editing, keyboard navigation Use stock columns or define your own Where to get DataGrid & DatePicker Download V1 today in the WPF Toolkit www.codeplex.com/wpf Later, also available in .NET 4.0

Getting started with Ribbon RibbonCommands are the heart of the Ribbon Use RibbonWindow for title bar integration Customize resizing without writing layout code Where to get Ribbon Download CTP today at Office UI Licensing Site http://msdn.microsoft.com/officeui Sign the Office License to access the download Use Office UI Licensing Guidelines in to improve the quality of your application V1 available in 2009

Row Details Show additional fields within the grid Row-Level Validation Cross-field validation for end-user input DataGrid Customization Extensive styling to create a branded, unique UI

Built-in skins for Win7 & Office 2007 “ Smart UI” generates appropriate visuals Application Menu Items Quick Access Toolbar Contextual Tabs Full control over resizing layout Replace RibbonWrapPanel to override default behavior

Initial setup: Familiar Windows Forms RAD Data Sources Window experience Editing: Powerful data binding picker lets you customize and create data bindings without understanding data binding syntax XAML: Will provide data binding Intellisense support , for those who prefer to work in XAML

WPF is well on its way to being a great platform for LOB developers Our new controls will help make LOB developers more productive You get the new controls today at DataGrid, DatePicker: http://www.codeplex.com/wpf Ribbon: http://msdn.microsoft.com/officeui Our next generation Visual Studio tooling will include many new features to help you be more productive, especially with data binding

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Goal: Enable a range of apps to use Ribbons Future Plans Markup for MFC Ribbon Designer tools Target: MFC Native Win2k or newer Office 2007 Visual Style Available now in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Target: Native Vista or newer Windows Visual Style Coming Soon… Ships with Windows 7 Target: Managed Needs .NET 3.5 Office 2007 & Windows Styles Coming Soon.. Official Release in 2009 Microsoft’s Ribbon Strategy MFC Scenic WPF

*Custom sort implementation instructions can be found on Jossef Goldberg’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/jgoldb/archive/2008/08/28/improving-microsoft-datagrid-ctp-sorting-performance-part-2.aspx Scroll Test WPF DataGrid Recycling Row & Column Virtualization WPF ListView Recycling Row Virtualization WinForms DataGrid Page down 50 pages 5.5 sec 6.5 sec 3.8 sec Line down 500 lines 12.1 sec 11.9 sec 3.9 sec Sort Test WPF DataGrid with Custom Sort* WinForms DataGrid Sort 6,000 rows 59 msec 35 msec Sort 300,000 rows 1.8 sec 1.4 sec

Create a DataGrid Out of the box, you get Auto-generated columns End-user Row and Column Resizing End-user Drag/Drop Column Reordering Sorting Editing Variety of Selection Units/Modes <dg:DataGrid ItemsSource="…">

Edit the Columns Collection On design surface, right-click DataGrid and choose DataGrid  Add/Edit Columns In XAML <dg:DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False"> <dg:DataGrid.Columns> <dg:DataGridTextColumn Header="Title" Binding="{Binding Title}“ Width=“SizeToCells”/> </dg:DataGrid.Columns> </dg:DataGrid>

Create a Custom Column <dg:DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Appointment"> <dg:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate> <DataTemplate> <dg:DatePicker SelectedDate="{Binding ApptDate}"/> </DataTemplate> </dg:DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate> </dg:DataGridTemplateColumn>

Define RibbonCommand Ribbon development is view-model centric RibbonCommands are the heart of Ribbon’s intent-driven paradigm Define a RibbonCommand for each control and group <r:RibbonCommand x:Key="OpenCommand" CanExecute="RibbonCommand_CanExecute" Executed="RibbonCommand_Executed" LabelTitle="Open Profile" ToolTipTitle="Open Profile" SmallImageSource="OpenIcon.png"/>

Add Ribbon with Tabs, Groups, & Controls <r:Ribbon> <r:RibbonTab Label="Home"> <r:RibbonGroup Name="Price" Command="{…}"> <r:RibbonButton Command="{…}"/> <r:RibbonButton Command="{…}"/> <r:RibbonButton Command="{…}"/> </r:RibbonGroup> </r:RibbonTab> </Ribbon>

Change Window to RibbonWindow In XAML In code behind <Window>  <r:RibbonWindow> public partial class Window1 : Window  public partial class Window1 : RibbonWindow

Determine Resizing Behavior Default RibbonWrapPanel collapses groups cyclically from right to left as width decreases Set GroupSizeDefinitions on the group to specify layout templates Set GroupSizeReductionOrder on the tab to specify the collapse order of the groups

Row Details Set the RowDetailsTemplate Choose a Visibility Mode <dg:DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate> <DataTemplate> <TextBlock Text="{Binding Description}"/> </DataTemplate> </dg:DataGrid.RowDetailsTemplate> <dg:DataGrid RowDetailsVisibilityMode="VisibleWhenSelected">

Row Level Validation Define the Validation rule and apply it to the DataGrid Define the Validation Error Template <dg:DataGrid.RowValidationRules> <d:DateValidationRule/> </dg:DataGrid.RowValidationRules> <dg:DataGrid.RowValidationErrorTemplate> <ControlTemplate> … </ControlTemplate> <dg:DataGrid.RowValidationErrorTemplate>

DataGrid Styling Properties Background & AlternatingRowBackground GridLinesVisibility Horizontal/VerticalGridLinesBrush HeadersVisibility RowHeaderWidth & ColumnHeaderHeight ColumnHeaderStyle & ColumnHeaderTemplate RowHeaderStyle & RowHeaderTemplate CellStyle, RowStyle

Apply Office 2007 Skin to Ribbon <Window.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="/RibbonControlsLibrary;component/Themes/Office2007Blue.xaml" /> </ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> </ResourceDictionary> </Window.Resources>

Application Menu RibbonApplication[Split]MenuItems appear as [Split]MenuItems only if they have children, otherwise they are buttons <r:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu> <r:RibbonApplicationMenu Command="…"> <r:RibbonApplicationMenuItem Command="…"> <r:RibbonApplicationMenuItem Command="…/> <r:RibbonApplicationMenuItem Command="…/> </r:RibbonApplicationMenuItem>

Quick Access Toolbar Use the Placement attached property to add controls to the QAT’s Customize Menu <r:Ribbon.QuickAccessToolBar> <r:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar> <r:RibbonButton Command="…" r:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar.Placement="InCustomizeMenu"/> <r:RibbonToggleButton Command="…" r:RibbonQuickAccessToolBar.Placement="InToolBar"/>

Advanced Ribbon Resizing If complex resizing templates are needed (e.g., Word 2007 Font group), replace the RibbonWrapPanel with a custom panel <RibbonGroup Name="Font"> <RibbonGroup.ItemsPanel> <ItemsPanelTemplate> <MyRibbonFontWrapPanel/> </ItemsPanelTemplate> </RibbonGroup.ItemsPanel>

Contextual Tabs <r:Ribbon.ContextualTabGroups> <r:RibbonContextualTabGroup Label=“Draw"> <r:RibbonTab Label=“Format Picture"> … </r:RibbonTab> <r:RibbonTab Label=“Insert Drawing"> … </r:RibbonTab> </r:RibbonContextualTabGroup> </r:Ribbon.ContextualTabGroups>

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