Programming Microsoft Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory
David S. Platt(Author)
Microsoft Press
Published on 25. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7356-2414-6 (ISBN)
Description
Get practical, hands-on instruction for learning the Composite UI Application Block (CAB) and the Smart Client Software Factory. Using just your fundamental Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C# skills, you'll work through seven lessons that present real-world scenarios. Each lesson is based on proven classroom guidance-building the skills your need to easily create user interface components for smart-client solutions.
Discover how to:
Generate a shell application and implement prefabricated or custom CAB services
Use work items and controllers to share resources in loosely coupled applications
Optimize visual information display by using Workspaces and SmartParts
Add and modify menus, toolbars, and status bars by using the CAB user interface extension
Announce and receive asynchronous events within an application
Invoke methods in the Action Catalog service to coordinate application business-logic
Match CAB constructs to Windows Presentation Foundation
Discover how to:
Generate a shell application and implement prefabricated or custom CAB services
Use work items and controllers to share resources in loosely coupled applications
Optimize visual information display by using Workspaces and SmartParts
Add and modify menus, toolbars, and status bars by using the CAB user interface extension
Announce and receive asynchronous events within an application
Invoke methods in the Action Catalog service to coordinate application business-logic
Match CAB constructs to Windows Presentation Foundation
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Redmond
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 187 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7356-2414-6 (9780735624146)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
David S. Platt runs Rolling Thunder Computing (http://www.rollthunder.com), an education and consulting practice. He is the author of six previous books, including Understanding COM+, published by Microsoft Press, and is a frequent contributor to MSDN, the Microsoft Developer Network. David lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts, with his wife, Linda, and his daughters.
Content
1. Introduction 2. The Shell and Services 3. WorkItems and Controllers 4. Workspaces and SmartPants 5. Shared User Interface Extension 6. Event System 7. Action Catalog Service 8. CAB and WBF Generics Index