Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Step by Step.pdf

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Contents at a Glance

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

**Chapter 1. Welcome to the Silverlight and WPF World

Introducing Silverlight and WPF

The Designer/Developer Workflow

Expression Studio: The Designer’s World

Visual Studio: The Developer’s World

Key Points

Chapter 2. Exploring the Expression Blend 4 IDE

Downloading and Installing Expression Blend 4 and Supporting Tools

Downloading Expression Blend 4, Trial Version

Downloading the .NET Framework 4 Runtime

Downloading Silverlight 4

Installing the .NET Framework 4 Runtime

Installing Expression Studio 4 Ultimate with Expression Blend 4

Installing Silverlight 4

Opening and Testing Your First Silverlight Project

Exploring the User Interface

Exploring the Panels

Understanding the Tools Panel, Authoring Views, and Workspace Configurations

Customizing the User Interface

Changing the Color Scheme, Artboard Background, and Other Options

Controlling Expression Blend’s Panels

Switching Between Workspaces

Key Points

Chapter 3. Designing an Interface

Visual Elements

Creating a New Project

Using Basic Shapes

Drawing Paths

Using Custom Shapes

Using Controls

Using Layout Panels

Arranging Objects

Using Images and Video

Using Images

Using Video

Key Points

Chapter 4. XAML and C#

XAML—What Is It?

Using the XAML Editor in Expression Blend

XAML Objects

XAML Properties

The XAML Root Element

Naming Objects

Introducing C# for Designers

Objects, Classes, and Other Terminology

XAML Code and Code-Behind Files

Creating Objects in C#

Using Event Handlers

Key Points

Chapter 5. Animations and Transformations

Transformation

Resizing (Not a Transformation)

Transformations

Animation

Creating a Storyboard and Adding an Animation

Controlling the Storyboard

Changing the Storyboard

Modifying an Animation and Adding New Keyframes

Easing an Animation

Using Storyboards

Key Points

Chapter 6. Adding Interactivity

Behaviors

The Basics of Behaviors

Using Default Behaviors

Using the ToggleButton Control to Change Properties

Switching Visual States

Key Points

Chapter 7. Creating Design Assets

Using Expression Design

Exploring the Expression Design Toolbox

The Properties Panel

The Layers Panel

The Action Bar

Preparing Assets

Exporting to XAML from Expression Design

Importing Design Assets from Adobe Applications

Key Points

Chapter 8. Resources

Color Resources

Brush Resources

Image Brush Resources

Other Resources

Modifying Resources

Working with External Resource Dictionaries

Key Points

Chapter 9. Skinning Controls

Structure of Common Silverlight Controls

The Button Control

The CheckBox Control

The Slider Control

The TextBox Control

The ScrollBar Control

The ListBox Control

Creating and Using Styles

Templates

Creating Beautiful Custom Buttons

Creating Silverlight Themes

Drawing Controls

Skinning a Control for a Theme

Optimizing an Output Theme

Template Binding

Key Points

Chapter 10. Working with Data

Sample Data

Creating and Modifying Sample Data

Changing a Data Template

Data Binding

Element Property Binding

Using a Master/Details Scenario to Display Data

Key Points

Chapter 11. Using SketchFlow

Sketching

Creating and Running a SketchFlow Project

Creating an Application Flow

Navigation and Component Screens

Adding Controls and Data

Adding Controls to Your Prototype

Using Sample Data

Sketch Illustrations

Adding Interactivity to a SketchFlow Project

Adding Additional Navigation

Using States and Behaviors

Changing SketchFlow Player Settings

Packaging a Prototype

Getting Feedback

Generating Documentation

Key Points

Chapter 12. Designer/Developer Collaboration

A Typical Design Workflow

The Designer’s Role

The Developer’s Role

Key Points

Index

Author Bios

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Microsoft® Expression Blend® 4 Step by Step Elena Kosinska Chris Leeds

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Contents at a Glance 1 Welcome to the Silverlight and WPF World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Exploring the Expression Blend 4 IDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 Designing an Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4 XAML and C# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 5 Animations and Transformations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 6 Adding Interactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 7 Creating Design Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 8 Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 9 Skinning Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 10 Working with Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 11 Using SketchFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 12 Designer/Developer Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 v www.allitebooks.com

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Table of Contents Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1 Welcome to the Silverlight and WPF World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introducing Silverlight and WPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Designer/Developer Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Expression Studio: The Designer’s World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Visual Studio: The Developer’s World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Key Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2 Exploring the Expression Blend 4 IDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Downloading and Installing Expression Blend 4 and Supporting Tools . . . . . . 14 Downloading Expression Blend 4, Trial Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Downloading the .NET Framework 4 Runtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Downloading Silverlight 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Installing the .NET Framework 4 Runtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Installing Expression Studio 4 Ultimate with Expression Blend 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Installing Silverlight 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Opening and Testing Your First Silverlight Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Exploring the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Exploring the Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Understanding the Tools Panel, Authoring Views, and Workspace Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Customizing the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Changing the Color Scheme, Artboard Background, and Other Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Controlling Expression Blend’s Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Switching Between Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Key Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 vii www.allitebooks.com

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