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Questions and answers for Windows Presentation Foundation
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1. General
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| 1.1 What is
WPF?
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| 1.2 What is
XAML?
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| 1.3 What is
XBAP?
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1.1 What is WPF?
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Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the presentation subsystem feature of
the .NET Framework 3.0. It is pre-installed in as a part of Windows Vista, It
is also available for installation on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003.
It supports the rich User Experiences (UX) that have been made possible by
advances in hardware and technology since the GDI based UI architecture was
initially designed in the 1980's.Also refer to the separate section on XAML in
this FAQ
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1.2 What is XAML?
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| Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the presentation subsystem feature of
the .NET Framework 3.0. It is pre-installed in as a part of Windows Vista, It
is also available for installation on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003.
It supports the rich User Experiences (UX) that have been made possible by
advances in hardware and technology since the GDI based UI architecture was
initially designed in the 1980's.Also refer to the separate section on XAML in
this FAQ
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1.3 What is XBAP?
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| XBAP stands for XAML Browser Application. XBAP allows for WPF applications to
be used inside a browser. The .NET framework is required to be installed on the
client system. Hosted applications run in a partial trust sandbox environment.
They are not given full access to the computer's resources and not all of WPF
functionality is available.
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