Windows Presentation Foundation

This portal provides links to information intended for developers who are new to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).   

The Windows Presentation Foundation provides new techniques for developing user interfaces and makes better use of current hardware and technologies. In this article, Ian Griffiths and Chris Sells explain 10 of its most significant advances.

In this lab you will learn how to use the WPF application model, its navigation and layout systems, and other features to build a rich client application with immersive UI.   

In this lab you will create a XAML Browser Application for XBOX.  The application includes these features:  Multiple XAML pages, communication with a web service, 3D, video, animations, vector graphics, flow documents, and more.   

In this .NET Rocks! video, Tim Huckaby talks about developing for Windows Presentation Foundation ("Avalon"), AJAX, and Windows Vista in general. 

This lab will introduce you to various aspects of developing a custom control using Windows Presentation Foundation. The Windows Presentation Foundation provides a rich set of base classes that can be extended to create custom components.

WPF is a new way of developing rich client applications, but how do you get your data into it? In this first part (of a two part series), Shawn Wildermuth shows you how data binding and XAML work together.

In Part 1 of this series, Shawn Wildermuth illustrated how to perform simple databinding with WPF. Now learn how to bind database data directly to your new WPF applications!

This lab teaches you the WPF databinding model by walking through an online auction scenario that allows posting an auction item for sale and viewing the list of items.

See how Windows Presentation Foundation was used to create an immersive experience that brings The North Face's brand and catalog to life in a retail environment.

Get a taste of UI development on Windows Vista with Expression Interactive Designer, as Expression team member Unni Ravindranathan demonstrates how to build FreeCell using Expression and the Windows Vista January Community Tech Preview (CTP).

The 3D features in the Windows Presentation Foundation are not just an easier way to render 3D graphics, but truly an integrated part of the next generation Windows platform. Daniel Lehenbauer demos how 3D content can be combined with data binding, video, animation, layout, templating, and more.

This lab demonstrates the integration of the 2D, 3D, Media, and Animation systems in Windows Presentation Foundation.

In this lab you will create a basic photo store application and then learn how resources, styles, and templates can be used in XAML to dramatically alter the look and feel of an application.

Learn how easy it can be to edit images in WPF.  Explore how you add and chain effects on text, images, and controls.

Learn how to migrate your apps from Win32 to the Windows Presentation Foundation in this hands-on lab.

Mike Henderlight introduces the "Crossbow" technology and describes how you can use it to build hybrid Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation applications.

In Building 50 on the Microsoft Campus, there's a secret room that's never been shown in public before. Learn about this room as a Media Center PM shows you how to build your first Media Center application.

Customize controls and arbitrary data using templates in Windows Presentation Foundation. Robert Ingebretsen and Kevin Moore show you how in this episode of MSDN TV.

Chris Han and Amar Atwal demo text and flow layout features in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) that allow you to take real world print ideas and translate them into the digital medium.

Learn about printing and archiving with the Windows Presentation Foundation in this hands-on lab.