Windows Applications Content Creation and Management with Visual Basic 2010


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
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Overview/Description
Windows applications created using WPF and Windows Forms allow for the inclusion of a variety of media and types in its applications to further the development of rich user interfaces. Using WPF a developer can create two-dimensional or three-dimensional graphics, create and manipulate images, create and modify documents, and also share resources across applications. Specific areas covered include creating and configuring graphics, utilizing images and multimedia in WPF, creating and formatting documents, and utilizing binary and logical resources in WPF applications. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Technology Specialist (TS): Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam (70-511). Passing this exam will earn the learner the MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Windows Applications certification.

Target Audience
All organizations or individual consultants who are using or intend to use the .NET Framework 4 with Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Basic 2010 to develop Windows applications; corporate employees, consultants, and university or college students who are preparing for the associated Technology Specialist (TS): Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 exam (70-511).

Prerequisites
A good knowledge of Visual Basic 2010 and familiarity with Visual Studio, having a minimum one year's experience working with these technologies.

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Windows Applications Content Creation and Management with Visual Basic 2010

  • compare rendering methods
  • create and display two-dimensional graphics
  • use transforms
  • use brushes
  • recognize how three-dimensional graphics are designed in WPF
  • create and display three-dimensional graphics
  • perform hit testing in a 3-D scene
  • work with images in WPF applications
  • use multimedia in WPF applications
  • create a 2-D graphic
  • create a 3-D graphic and perform hit testing in a 3-D scene
  • manage images
  • display a video
  • recognize the main characteristics of fixed and flow documents
  • create and format a flow document
  • work with read-only flow document containers
  • modify a flow document
  • work with binary resources
  • work with logical resources
  • create and format a flow document
  • work with binary and logical resources
  • Course Number:
    sd_wdvb_a03_it_enus