Preface . xi Acknowledgments . xiv Introduction . xv Part I: Silverlight Basics 1 Chapter 1: Getting to Know Silverlight . .3 What Is Silverlight? ...............................................................................................................3 Why Use Silverlight? .............................................................................................................4 Comparing Silverlight 1.0 and 2 ...........................................................................................5 Silverlight Framework Architecture .......................................................................................7 The Silverlight plug-in.................................................................................................7 The Silverlight core presentation framework ...............................................................8 The .NET Silverlight framework ..................................................................................9 Silverlight application architecture ............................................................................10 Summary ............................................................................................................................11 Chapter 2: Getting Started with Silverlight . 13 Implementing the Silverlight Development Environment ....................................................13 Installing Visual Studio 2008 ....................................................................................14 Installing the Silverlight plug-in ................................................................................14 Installing the Silverlight SDK .....................................................................................15 Implementing Silverlight applications on the Linux platform ....................................17 Understanding Silverlight Development Tools ....................................................................18 Using Silverlight in Visual Studio 2008 .....................................................................18 Designing Silverlight applications and elements in Expression Blend ........................19 EncodingCOPYRIGHTED Silverlight media elements in MATERIALExpression Encoder .....................................20 Outputting vector images as XAML using Expression Design ....................................20 Encoding Multiscale Images Using Deep Zoom Composer ........................................22 Building Your First Silverlight Application ..........................................................................23 Summary ............................................................................................................................28 v 002_375006-ftoc.indd2_375006-ftoc.indd v 88/28/08/28/08 110:39:570:39:57 PPMM Contents Part II: Silverlight Design Fundamentals 29 Chapter 3: Using XAML to Build Declarative Silverlight Applications . 31 Understanding the Silverlight/XAML Relationship ..............................................................31 Understanding XML Namespaces ........................................................................................32 Creating Silverlight Controls ...............................................................................................33 Creating a Button ......................................................................................................33 Creating a Calendar ...................................................................................................34 Creating a CheckBox .................................................................................................35 Creating a DatePicker ................................................................................................36 Creating a HyperlinkButton ......................................................................................37 Creating an Image .....................................................................................................37 Creating a ListBox .....................................................................................................38 Creating a MediaElement ..........................................................................................39 Creating a RadioButton .............................................................................................40 Creating a ScrollBar ...................................................................................................41 Creating a ScrollViewer .............................................................................................42 Creating a Slider ........................................................................................................43 Creating a TextBlock .................................................................................................44 Creating a TextBox ...................................................................................................45 Creating a ToggleButton ............................................................................................46 Designing the Layout of Silverlight Applications .................................................................47 Using a Canvas control ..............................................................................................47 Using a Grid control ..................................................................................................49 Using a TabControl control .......................................................................................54 Using a StackPanel control ........................................................................................57 Using a Border control ..............................................................................................58 Using XAML Transforms .....................................................................................................59 ScaleTransform .........................................................................................................59 RotateTransform........................................................................................................60 SkewTransform .........................................................................................................61 TranslateTransform ...................................................................................................62 Opacity .....................................................................................................................63 Drawing ..............................................................................................................................65 Creating a Rectangle ..................................................................................................65 Creating an Ellipse ....................................................................................................65 Creating a Path ..........................................................................................................66 Using XAML Brushes ..........................................................................................................66 Adding a SolidColorBrush .........................................................................................67 Adding a LinearGradientBrush ..................................................................................67 Adding a RadialGradientBrush ..................................................................................68 Adding an ImageBrush ..............................................................................................70 Adding a VideoBrush ................................................................................................70 vi 002_375006-ftoc.indd2_375006-ftoc.indd vvii 88/28/08/28/08 110:39:570:39:57 PPMM Contents Implementing Animations and Storyboards ........................................................................72 Defining Storyboard controls.....................................................................................73 Starting animations upon page load ..........................................................................74 Creating From/To animations ....................................................................................74 Creating Key Frame animations .................................................................................77 Creating animations as Resources ..............................................................................80 Attaching Event Handlers to XAML Elements .....................................................................81 Summary ............................................................................................................................81 Chapter 4: Using Expression Blend to Design Silverlight Applications . 83 Getting Started with Expression Blend ................................................................................84 Creating a Silverlight application project in Expression Blend ...................................84 Using the Design, XAML, and Split views ..................................................................85 Understanding the Expression Blend Toolbox ...........................................................86 Adding Silverlight controls ........................................................................................90 Arranging Controls in the Design View ...............................................................................91 Using snaplines and gridlines ....................................................................................91