WPF

Hi

Is WPF popular now , can VC and MFC write a WPF program ?

If I want to study WPF , is there some good book to study ?

Thank you .

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"Kid" <Kid@discussions.microsoft.comha scritto nel messaggio
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WPF is becoming popular, and there are very important ideas behind it (like
using the 3D hardware acceleration, high-composibility of contents, etc.).
However, I think that the tools need to mature, and there are issues to be
fixed (like the blurry text at small font size).

I think that you can host WPF content in an MFC application (as you can host
WinForm content in an MFC application).

A web search with your favourite search engine can lead to this article on
CodeProject:

http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/cpp/cpp_...cle.php/c14589
There is a great book by Adam Nathan: "WPF Unleashed".

http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Presen.../dp/0672328917

Giovanni

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Giovanni Dicanio wrote:But this should never be the choice for new code. MFC has nothing to offer
a pure WPF application, because the library is married to its own wrapper
around the Win32 GUI.

C++/CLI can be used for WPF, but without XAML support you'll be unhappy
trying to do so.

The recommended practice is to implement the UI (view in M-V-C architecture)
in C# and the data processing (model in M-V-C) in C++.

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"Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]" <rbv@nospam.nospamha scritto nel messaggio
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If one has legacy apps written using MFC, and there is a need to insert some
WPF graphics in it, it could make sense to do it incrementally, instead of
doing a complete port of the MFC GUI part to WPF.
Hosting WPF content in an MFC GUI is just an option: the OP can choose what
to do in his particular case.
I completely agree with you on that. I consider C++/CLI a good tool just for
building some "bridging" layer between native code and managed code (like
exporting some native C/C++ library to the managed world, to use it in C#).
IMHO, native code should be done in C++, and for managed code C# is just
fine.

Giovanni