Customizing and Deploying WPF Applications with Visual Basic 2008


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
The ability to deploy and distribute applications to various locales is a necessity in today’s global economy. This course examines how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) allows you to customize the look and feel of an application based on user culture. It also demonstrates how applications are deployed and managed after they are built. Specific areas covered include UI customization, animation, localization, various application deployment options, and managing how updates are made. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Technology Specialist (TS): Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Presentation Foundation Application Development exam (70-502). Passing this exam will earn the learner the MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Presentation Foundation Applications certification.

Target Audience
All organizations or individual consultants who are using or intend to use the .NET Framework 3.5 with Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic 2008 to develop Windows Presentation Foundation applications; corporate employees, consultants, and university or college students who are preparing for the associated Technology Specialist: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Presentation Foundation Application Development exam (70-502).

Prerequisites
A good knowledge of Visual Basic 2005 or 2008 and familiarity with Visual Studio, having a minimum one year’s experience working with these technologies.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Customizing and Deploying WPF Applications with Visual Basic 2008

  • use styles to design the look and feel of UI controls
  • use templates to change the appearance of controls
  • create triggers
  • use animation in a WPF application
  • localize elements in a WPF application
  • customize the UI of a WPF application
  • localize a WPF application
  • use animation in a WPF application
  • identify which WPF application deployment method to use in a given scenario
  • deploy a standalone application using Windows Installer
  • recognize how XBAPs are deployed
  • recognize key characteristics of ClickOnce application deployment
  • deploy an application using ClickOnce
  • use Windows Installer to deploy a standalone application
  • use ClickOnce to deploy an application
  • Course Number:
    sd_mwvs_a05_it_enus