Tài liệu Introducing Silverlight 4

 Contents . iv
 About the Author . xvii
 About the Technical Reviewer . xviii
 Acknowledgments . xix
 Introduction xx
PART 1    Introduction to Silverlight .1
 Chapter 1: Introducing Silverlight 3
Cross-Platform Frameworks 4
Qt 4
The Java Platform . 4
Adobe Flash/Flex/AIR 5
Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX 5
Microsoft Silverlight . 5
The History of Silverlight .6
Silverlight 1 6
Silverlight 2 7
Silverlight 3 9
Silverlight 4 11
Design and Development Tools for Silverlight .14
Visual Studio . 14
Expression Blend 15
SketchFlow . 15
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Expression Encoder 16
Deep Zoom Composer 16
Eclipse Tools for Silverlight (eclipse4SL) 16
Creating a Silverlight 4–based Application 16
Working with Expression Blend 19
Demonstrating Local Image Files Integration Using Drag-and-Drop Functionality 21
Summary .26
 Chapter 2: Silverlight Concepts 27
Silverlight Architecture 27
Silverlight and XAML 29
Developing a Sample Application . 29
Namespaces . 33
Dependency Property System 34
Type Converters 39
Markup Extensions . 40
Microsoft .NET for Silverlight .48
Core .NET Assemblies for Silverlight Applications 48
Managed Code-Behind .NET Integration 49
Summary .56
 Chapter 3: Silverlight User Interface Controls 57
Building Blocks 57
DependencyObject 58
Threading and the user interface . 59
UIElement . 59
FrameworkElement 63
The Control Class 66
Enhancements in Silverlight 4 .68
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Layout Management and Grouping Controls .69
Canvas 69
StackPanel 70
Grid . 71
DockPanel . 74
WrapPanel 77
TabControl 78
ViewBox 80
Forms Controls 81
The Button Controls 81
TextBox . 85
PasswordBox 87
RichTextBox 88
AutoCompleteBox . 91
Data Integration and Data Manipulation Controls 95
ItemsControl . 96
ListBox 96
ComboBox 98
TreeView . 99
HeaderedItemsControl 102
ContentControl 103
HeaderedContentControl 103
DataGrid 104
DataForm 104
DataPager . 105
Label . 105
DescriptionViewer 105
ValidationSummary 106
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Functional Controls 106
Border . 106
GridSplitter . 107
TextBlock 109
Popup . 111
ToolTipService 112
ScrollViewer . 113
The RangeBase Class . 115
Calendar and DatePicker 118
Image 121
MultiScaleImage . 121
MediaElement . 122
InkPresenter . 122
Dialog Boxes . 124
WebBrowser . 133
Navigation 134
Summary .137
PART 2    Content Integration in Silverlight Applications .139
 Chapter 4: Media Integration 141
Media Integration Enhancements in Silverlight 4 141
Images .142
The Image Class . 142
Bitmap APIs 147
Silverlight Hardware Acceleration 152
Multi-scale Images and the Deep Zoom Feature 155
Media (Video and Audio) 162
Supported Media Format 163
Unsupported Media Format 164
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The MediaElement Class 164
Timeline Markers 172
Web Camera and Microphone Integration 174
Windows Azure Platform–based Hosting and Media Delivery Services for Silverlight
Applications .183
Subscribing to Windows Azure Platform Services 183
Publishing Silverlight Applications Video Content 183
Streaming Packaged Images and Media Files .184
Summary .184
 Chapter 5: Network Communication .185
Networking Enhancements in Silverlight 4 185
Enabling Cross-Domain Communication .185
Cross-Domain Policy Files 186
Trusted Applications . 189
Network-Aware Applications .191
Consuming Web Services with WCF 191
Creating a WCF Service Consumable by Silverlight 192
XAML to Consume Information . 195
Invoking Services from Silverlight 196
Communicating Directly over HTTP 207
Communicating via Sockets 213
Controlling Client Access via a Socket Policy Server . 213
The System.Net Namespace 214
Building a Socket-Based Sample Text Chat Application 217
UDP Multicast 232
The UdpAnySourceMulticastClient Class 232
The UdpSingleSourceMulticastClient Class 234
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Considerations for Using Networking 236
Summary .236
 Chapter 6: Working with Data .237
Enhancements in Silverlight 4 .237
Displaying Data 238
Data Binding . 238
Type Converters 262
StringFormat . 263
BindingBase.FallbackValue and BindingBase.TargetNullValue Properties . 264
Binding to String Indexers 265
The DataGrid Control 266
The DataForm Control . 279
The CollectionViewSource 284
WCF Data Services .284
Entity Data Model (EDM) . 285
Silverlight Client Library for WCF Data Services . 286
Silverlight Application using WCF Data Service 289
Processing XML Data .299
Parsing XML 300
Serializing XML . 301
Using LINQ 302
Saving State on the Client .303
Summary .309
PART 3    Improving User Experience .311
 Chapter 7: Extending User Experience of LoB Applications .313
Enhancements in Silverlight 4 .313
Drag-and-Drop Functionality .314
Properties of UIElement to Enable Drag-and-Drop Functionality 314
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Events of UIElement to Enable Drag-and-Drop Functionality . 314
Processing Dropped File(s) . 315
Developing an Example 315
Mouse-Wheel Support .324
Developing an Example 324
Limitations 326
Right-Click Context Menu Support 326
Printing Capabilities .329
PrintDocument Class 330
PrintPageEventArgs Class 330
Implementing the Printing Function . 331
Clipboard Access .336
Globalization and Localization of Silverlight Applications .338
Globalization . 338
Localization 342
Enhancements in XAML Features 352
Flexible Root XAML Namespace . 352
XmlnsDefinitionAttribute . 353
Direct Content . 353
Whitespace Handling 353
Custom IDictionary Support 354
Summary .354
 Chapter 8: Styling and Templating .355
Enhancements in Silverlight 4 .355
Using Styles .355
Style Inheritance/Style Cascading 360
Style Override/Style Resetting 361
Merged Resource Dictionaries . 363
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Implicit Styling 364
Style Setter . 365
Using Control Templates 366
Creating a Control Template . 366
Control Templates for Other Controls . 376
Developing a Templated Control . 378
Summary .380
 Chapter 9: Graphics 383
Enhancements in Silverlight 4 .383
2D Graphics .383
Using Geometries . 384
Using Shapes 391
Transforms 395
Translation 396
Rotation 396
Skewing 397
Scaling 398
Arbitrary Linear Transforms . 399
Combining Multiple Transformations . 401
Composite Transformation . 401
3D Effects Using Perspective Transforms 403
Pixel Shaders .405
Brushes 407
The SolidColorBrush . 408
The Tile Brushes . 408
The Gradient Brushes . 410
Transparency and Opacity Masks 412
Summary .414
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 Chapter 10: Animation 415
Introduction to Silverlight Animation .415
Timelines .416
AutoReverse . 418
BeginTime . 419
Duration 420
FillBehavior . 421
RepeatBehavior 421
SpeedRatio . 421
Storyboards and Animation .423
From/To/By Animations 423
Keyframe Animations . 431
Animation Easing 437
Procedural Animation 441
Bubble User Control 441
DemoPage User Control 443
Animating with Expression Blend 447
3D Animation .451
Summary .452
PART 4    Advanced Topics .453
 Chapter 11: Advanced Silverlight Features 455
Silverlight Navigation Framework .455
Understanding the Navigation Framework . 457
Implementing Custom Navigation 463
Deep Linking 471
Search Engine Optimization .471
Additional References . 474
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Out-of-Browser Functionality 474
Enabling the Out-of-Browser Functionality 475
Installing Out-of-Browser Applications 477
Uninstalling Out-of-Browser Applications 480
Trusted Out-of-Browser Applications . 481
Customizing Out-of-Browser Applications . 482
Working with the Networking and Offline APIs . 484
Incorporating an Updated Version 488
Files Management 490
Notification API . 494
COM Automation . 497
Commanding Support 502
The Model Class . 504
The ViewModel Class 504
The View.xaml File 505
Cross-Silverlight Application Communication .506
Using the System.Windows.Messaging Namespace 507
Seeing an Example in Action 508
Summary .514
 Chapter 12: Threading in Silverlight .515
Using Threading .515
The Thread Class 516
Creating and Managing Threads 519
The Dispatcher . 521
The BackgroundWorker Class 522
Working with Shared Data 526
Using Timers 529
Using the DispatcherTimer . 530
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Using the System.Threading Timer 531
Summary .532
 Chapter 13: WCF RIA Services and Silverlight for Mobile 533
WCF RIA Services for Silverlight 533
Setting Up a Development Environment . 534
Introducing Silverlight Business Application Template 535
Additional References . 545
Silverlight for Windows Mobile 546
Setting Up a Development Environment . 546
Developing a Sample Twitter Application . 546
Summary .553
 Chapter 14: Dynamic Languages and Dynamic .NET for Silverlight 555
Dynamic Languages 555
Dynamic Languages for Silverlight 556
IronRuby . 556
IronPython 557
Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) for Silverlight 557
DLR Scripting Assemblies 558
The Microsoft.Scripting.Silverlight.DynamicApplication Class . 559
Setting Up the Development Environment .560
The Traditional Approach with the Chiron.exe File . 560
The “Just-Text” Approach 561
Creating Silverlight Applications Using the “Just-Text” Approach 564
Hosting a HTML File 564
In-Line IronRuby/IronPython Code in Hosting HTML File 564
In-Line XAML Code in Hosting HTML File . 565
Externalizing XAML and IronRuby/IronPython Code . 565
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Developing an Interactive Bing Maps Application with Silverlight and IronRuby 566
Installing Microsoft Bing Maps Silverlight Control SDK 566
Include Bing Maps Control to the Solution . 566
Create a SilverlightMap.xaml File . 568
Creating a SilverlightMap.html File 568
Adding 3D Animation within the SilverlightMap.xaml File 569
Creating a SilverlightMap.rb IronRuby File and Adding Map Mode 570
Add Rotate Map Capabilities 571
Targeting Pre-defined Locations 575
Summary .577
 Chapter 15: Security .579
.NET Security in the CLR 579
Silverlight Security Model 580
Enhancements in Silverlight 4 .582
Configuring Silverlight 4 Applications to Run with Elevated Trust . 582
Digitally Signing Out-of-Browser Silverlight Applications 585
Elevated-Trusted Silverlight Applications vs. Partially Trusted Silverlight Applications 587
Application-Level Security .589
Securing Information in Transit 589
Securing Information with Cryptography 589
Same-Domain and Cross-Domain Communication 607
Division of Responsibility 609
Summary .612
PART 5    Testing and Deploying Silverlight RIAs .613
 Chapter 16: Testing and Debugging 615
Testing .615
Unit Testing 616
Automated User Interface Testing 627

Debugging .633
The Debugging Process 633
Conditional Compilation 634
Debugging Silverlight Applications with Visual Studio . 635
Handling Unhandled Exceptions . 640
Summary .644
 Chapter 17: Packaging and Deploying Silverlight Applications .645
Client Considerations .645
Disabling Silverlight Plug-In Using Web Browser . 646
Silverlight Configuration . 647
Silverlight Deployment Package Definition 650
Core Runtime Library 651
Silverlight Application Package (XAP File) 651
In-Package and On-Demand Files 656
Hosting Silverlight Applications .659
Server-Side Silverlight RIA Deployment . 661
Custom Initialization Parameters 662
Embedding Silverlight Plug-Ins to the Web Page . 663
Custom HTML Object Element Error Handling for Better User Experience . 667
Silverlight and the Build Process .667
Building a Silverlight Application Visual Studio Project (.csproj) with MSBuild 668
Building a Silverlight Application MsBuild Project (.proj) with MSBuild . 670
Silent Installer for Silverlight Out-of-Browser Applications .673
Summary .674
 Index .675