Does anyone use WPF?

[Lloyd Sheen]

I have asked a bunch of questions about WPF but got no replies. Is this
because this is not used?

Thanks
LS

 

[Tom Shelton]

I have asked a bunch of questions about WPF but got no replies. Is this
because this is not used?

Thanks
LS

I've used it a bit, and am using it for an application I'm currently working
on.

 

[Alex Clark]

I'm starting to use it, and I know others who are using it extensively. At
first I thought it was a pointless addition to the framework but after
learning about it I've realised just how badly WinForms needed replacing.

However, to answer your question - I believe most of the newer technologies
like that are handled on the web-based forums at http://social.msdn.com
rather than on the newsgroups. MS seem to be slowly deprecating the
newsgroups over time.

HTH,
Alex

 

[Olaf Rabbachin]

Hi,

However, to answer your question - I believe most of the newer technologies
like that are handled on the web-based forums at http://social.msdn.com
rather than on the newsgroups. MS seem to be slowly deprecating the
newsgroups over time.

seconded; I too have searched MS's NG-server for groups that target WPF:
none there.

FWIW - CodePlex seems to be an alternative:
http://www.codeplex.com/wpf/
This is where the MS-staff will publish downloads for i.e. the Ribbon
control set and the WPF Toolkit and there's a discussion forum as well
(click "Discussions" on the main toolbar).

I checked http://social.msdn.com now, but only get a 404. Could you post
the correct link, please?

Cheers,
Olaf

 

[Lloyd Sheen]

I've used it a bit, and am using it for an application I'm currently
working
on.

Thanks guys, I am having so much trouble with layout. I have read several
books and found lots of articles but they really don't go into why some
things work and some don't. In winforms I might spend 10% of the time on
GUI and the rest on functionality. With WPF I know spend 90% on layout and
there are just some things that elude me.

Specifically I have the following problem. I have an app which contains a
screen divided into two parts. The left part is a navigation component which
is has several button in a "toolbar" type arrangement (click one to see a
particular navigator). The second part is a display of the data accessed
thru the navigator.

One of the navigators is giving so much trouble.

At the top is a combobox with sort options for the items found in
navigation. Then there is a ListView with the data items. At the bottom
should be a set of buttons which set various options for filtering the data
items.

So it should look like:

ComboBox
ListView
|
|
|
|
Filter Buttons (Stack Panel - Horizontal)

I do not see the Filter Buttons unless there are few items in the listview,
and the listview extends off the page if there are many items.

I am lost on this.

Thanks
LS

 

[Tom Shelton]

Thanks guys, I am having so much trouble with layout. I have read several
books and found lots of articles but they really don't go into why some
things work and some don't. In winforms I might spend 10% of the time on
GUI and the rest on functionality. With WPF I know spend 90% on layout and
there are just some things that elude me.

Specifically I have the following problem. I have an app which contains a
screen divided into two parts. The left part is a navigation component which
is has several button in a "toolbar" type arrangement (click one to see a
particular navigator). The second part is a display of the data accessed
thru the navigator.

One of the navigators is giving so much trouble.

At the top is a combobox with sort options for the items found in
navigation. Then there is a ListView with the data items. At the bottom
should be a set of buttons which set various options for filtering the data
items.

So it should look like:

ComboBox
ListView
|
|
|
|
Filter Buttons (Stack Panel - Horizontal)

I do not see the Filter Buttons unless there are few items in the listview,
and the listview extends off the page if there are many items.

I am lost on this.

Thanks
LS

Have you tried setting ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" on the listview?
Or placing it inside a pannel or other scrollable control?

 

[Alex Clark]

I checked http://social.msdn.com now, but only get a 404. Could you post

the correct link, please?

My apoligies - should have been http://social.msdn.microsoft.com

 

[Olaf Rabbachin]

Hi Alex,

My apoligies - should have been http://social.msdn.microsoft.com

thanks!

Cheers,
Olaf

 

[Mike McIntyre]

We build WPF applications for our clients.

A great book for getting the basics down pat is: Pro WPF with VB 2008:
Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5 by Matthew MacDonald

 

[Alex Clark]

A great book for getting the basics down pat is: Pro WPF with VB 2008:

Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5 by Matthew MacDonald

Absolutely! Still working my way through it but it's basically what changed
my mind from "totally pointless addition to the framework" to "holy crap
this is how it always should have been". The only thing that bugs me about
it slightly is that it's a very obvious conversion from his C# book, and
just occasionally the code is incorrect, but overall it's been invaluable to
me.

 

[John Meyer]

My apoligies - should have been http://social.msdn.microsoft.com

Looks like their phasing out the social bookmarks as of Oct 1