CompositionTarget Class
Represents the display surface of your application.
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
'Declaration <UIPermissionAttribute(SecurityAction.InheritanceDemand, Window := UIPermissionWindow.AllWindows)> _ Public MustInherit Class CompositionTarget _ Inherits DispatcherObject _ Implements IDisposable 'Usage Dim instance As CompositionTarget
This class is abstract; see Inheritance Hierarchy for derived non-abstract classes usable in XAML.
CompositionTarget is a class that represents the display surface on which your application is being drawn. The WPF animation engine provides many features for creating frame-based animation. However, there are application scenarios in which you need control over rendering on a per frame basis. The CompositionTarget object provides the ability to create custom animations based on a per-frame callback.
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For a complete code sample using CompositionTarget, see Using the CompositionTarget Sample. |
Using Perforator to Analyze Rendering Behavior
Perforator is a WPF performance profiling tool for analyzing rendering behavior. Perforator displays a set of values that allow you to analyze very specific rendering behavior in parts of your application. In this case, Perforator shows a rendering frame rate of 60 frames per second for the PhotoDemo sample application.

For more information, see WPF Performance Suite.
System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
System.Windows.Media.CompositionTarget
System.Windows.Interop.HwndTarget
System.Windows.Media.VisualTarget
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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