Gerald Bauer
2004-11-04 02:18:53 UTC
Hello,
Chris Sells - Microsoft's Content Strategist for the Windows 2009
(Longhorn) Developer site - has written a new article titled "More
Avalon XAML Data Binding Craziness" that builds upon the previous
Solitaire application by adding style selectors into the existing
data-binding mix.
Chris concludes:
Avalon seems to be like ASP.NET because of the XAML syntax, but we're
not generating more XAML. Avalon also seems like the Windows Forms
model, but we're not just adding strings to the Items collection.
Instead, Avalon data binding is something new. The XAML itself is
static and most often compiled into the application, but we're
generating UI elements in the visual tree at run time. So, for smart
clients connecting to a server to generate dynamic content, it's
unlikely they'll collect XAML but rather data to bind to the Avalon
styles defined in the static XAML, using styles, style selectors and
transformers along the way to make decisions about which elements to
generate based on the data.
Full story @
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnfoghorn/html/foghorn10132004.asp
- Gerald
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Gerald Bauer
Rich Client Conference (RichCon) 2005 - http://richcon.com
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XUL Alliance - http://xulalliance.org
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Chris Sells - Microsoft's Content Strategist for the Windows 2009
(Longhorn) Developer site - has written a new article titled "More
Avalon XAML Data Binding Craziness" that builds upon the previous
Solitaire application by adding style selectors into the existing
data-binding mix.
Chris concludes:
Avalon seems to be like ASP.NET because of the XAML syntax, but we're
not generating more XAML. Avalon also seems like the Windows Forms
model, but we're not just adding strings to the Items collection.
Instead, Avalon data binding is something new. The XAML itself is
static and most often compiled into the application, but we're
generating UI elements in the visual tree at run time. So, for smart
clients connecting to a server to generate dynamic content, it's
unlikely they'll collect XAML but rather data to bind to the Avalon
styles defined in the static XAML, using styles, style selectors and
transformers along the way to make decisions about which elements to
generate based on the data.
Full story @
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnfoghorn/html/foghorn10132004.asp
- Gerald
-----------------------
Gerald Bauer
Rich Client Conference (RichCon) 2005 - http://richcon.com
XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com
XUL Alliance - http://xulalliance.org
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