WPF vs Silverlight

AngelGonzalez — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:04:55 GMT

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

Re: WPF vs Silverlight

JenniferNery — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:52:44 GMT

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>

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