WPF vs Silverlight

AngelGonzalez

I see lots of sample here on this forum regarding Silverlight. My question is do theses samples and issues apply to WPF?  Can I use the same interactive sample for Silverlight for a WPF app?

Any thoughts, ideas or comments will be useful especially from anyone creating WPF apps.

Thanks

JenniferNery

There are some subtle differences in the two platforms. 

The interactive SDK for Silverlight has a WPF equivalent which is available for download here: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/help/index.html#//01660000000v000000.htm

To note some of their differences:

In SL, element binding is allowed under resources.

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
 <Grid.Resources>
  <esri:Editor x:Key="MyEditor" Map="{Binding ElementName=MyMap}"/>
 </Grid.Resources>
</Grid>

In WPF, you need to do this in code-behind.

In SL, you can change cursor with: (Note TargetProperty and DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value)

<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetName="root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Cursor">
 <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0" Value="None" />
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>

In WPF, you need to

<ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames BeginTime="0" Storyboard.TargetName="root" Storyboard.TargetProperty="(FrameworkElement.Cursor)">
 <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame KeyTime="0">
  <DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
   <Cursor>None</Cursor>
  </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame.Value>
 </DiscreteObjectKeyFrame>
</ObjectAnimationUsingKeyFrames>