Course
Skills
WPF for the Visual Basic Programmer - Part 2
This course is specifically designed for the Visual Basic programmer and will get you up to speed quickly with WPF.
What you'll learn
Visual Basic Programmers are still in demand. Upgrade your skills by learning XAML and WPF. This course is specifically designed for the Visual Basic programmer and will get you up to speed quickly with WPF. In Part 2 you will learn the correct way to design WPF windows, how to use styles and all the most commonly used controls for business applications. You will gain a good knowledge of data binding and how to use the various list controls in WPF.
Table of contents
The Flexible WPF List Box Control
34mins
- Course Introduction 1m
- Introduction 1m
- Introduction to using Mocks with the List Box Control 2m
- Demo of using Mocks with the List Box Control 5m
- Using Data Templates 4m
- Multi-Line List Box 2m
- Horizontal List Box 4m
- Display Images in a List Box 6m
- Change Templates on the Fly 4m
- Using Data Triggers 4m
- Summary 1m
More Fun with the WPF List Box
34mins
- Introduction 1m
- Introduction to Value Converters 4m
- String to Decimal Value Converter 4m
- String to Lower Case Converter 2m
- Product Object Converter 3m
- Sort Data using CollectionViewSource in XAML 5m
- Sort Data using CollectionViewSource in Code 6m
- Filtering Data using CollectionViewSource in Code 4m
- Grouping Data using CollectionViewSource in XAML 4m
- Summary 1m
MVVM Made Simple
53mins
Creating Borderless and Non-Rectangular Windows
26mins
Basics of Business Application Screen Design
55mins
- Introduction 1m
- Introduction to Drop Shadows 2m
- Demonstration of Drop Shadows 6m
- Introduction to Linear Gradients 3m
- Demonstration of Linear Gradients 5m
- Basics of Global Styles 4m
- Global Styles for Business Applications 6m
- Borderless Windows for Business Applications 4m
- Introduction to Using User Controls 2m
- Loading and Closing User Controls 4m
- Minimizing and Maximizing User Controls 10m
- Launching User Controls and Windows 7m
- Summary 1m
Common Business Application Screens
57mins
- Introduction 1m
- Demonstrations of About Screens 4m
- Introduction to the Base Classes and the Login Screen 3m
- Demonstration of Login Screens 7m
- Introduction to a User Control Base Class 3m
- Using the User Control Base Class 8m
- Contact Us Screen 4m
- Person Name Screen and XML Loading 6m
- Introduction to the Address Screen 1m
- Demonstration of the Address Screen 8m
- Credit Card Screen 5m
- User Profile Screen 5m
- Summary 1m
- Course Summary 1m