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XAML Development Tools

To start developing for XAML and Windows Presentation Foundation, you need to have some tools in hand. Do not forget that this article is written some weeks after the release date of .NET Framework 3.0 RC1. You can start developing XAML and WPF on Windows Vista, Windows XP or Windows 2003.

You need to download WinFX SDK and Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WinFX. Although by installing WinFX SDK you have a cool tool to develop for XAML, Visual Studio Extensions can enable a visual designer and Intellisense, and great debugging features. I recommend downloading VS 2005 Extensions for WinFX if you have it installed on your system.

Of you do not have it, do not worry because WinFX SDK comes with an editor for XAML which is named XAMLPad. This editor lets you to type and edit XAML markup then it generates the UI for you. It also has some debugging features.

There are some other tools available by Microsoft or community for XAML development:

· Microsoft Expression "Sparkle Interactive Designer"

· MyXaml

If you are using some tools like XamlPad to write your XAML codes, you can use MSBuild to compile them, but if Visual Studio is your primary IDE for this purpose it builds them on the fly for you.

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Title: How to add rows programmatically?
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Title: How to add rows programmatically?
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I want to be able to add lables and text boxes to the grid content programmatically. How do I do that? I tried with the following code, but it doesn't seem to work. grid (with lowercase g) is the grid object I am working with. Grid (with uppercase G) lets me run the static methods to set column and row number (I didn't find any other way to do this).

grid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition());
grid.Children.Add(label);
Grid.SetColumn(label, 0);
Grid.SetRow(label, grid.RowDefinitions.Count - 1);
grid.Children.Add(labelEnglish);
Grid.SetColumn(labelEnglish, 1);
Grid.SetRow(labelEnglish, grid.RowDefinitions.Count - 1);
grid.Children.Add(textBox);
Grid.SetColumn(textBox, 2);
Grid.SetRow(textBox, grid.RowDefinitions.Count - 1);

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Title: Events in Windows Presentation Foundation
Name: Keyvan Nayyeri
Date: 12/14/2006 10:22:36 AM
Comment:
Fifth part of these tutorials about Events in Windows Presentation Foundation:
http://aspalliance.com/1088_Events_in_Windows_Presentation_Foundation

Title: Animations in XAML
Name: Keyvan Nayyeri
Date: 10/25/2006 12:36:09 AM
Comment:
Fourth part of these tutorials about Animations in XAML:
http://aspalliance.com/1050_Animations_in_XAML

Title: Resources in XAML
Name: Keyvan Nayyeri
Date: 10/12/2006 12:58:37 AM
Comment:
Third part of these tutorials about Resources in XAML:
http://aspalliance.com/1032_Resources_in_XAML

Title: Layout in XAML
Name: Keyvan Nayyeri
Date: 10/9/2006 2:07:52 PM
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Second part of these tutorials about Layout in XAML:
http://aspalliance.com/1023_Layout_in_XAML

Title: Thanks
Name: Keyvan Nayyeri
Date: 10/5/2006 1:54:25 AM
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Thank you. I think I have many items there ;-)

Title: Added to NetFXGuide.com
Name: Francesco
Date: 10/5/2006 1:43:36 AM
Comment:
Hi, I just added your intro to the XAML Section of NetFXGuide.com (http://www.netfxguide.com/guide/xaml.aspx).

Best,

Francesco
NetFXGuide.com

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