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Windows presentation foundation (wpf).

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a UI framework for building Windows desktop applications.

WPF supports a broad set of application development features, including an application model, resources, controls, graphics, layout, data binding and documents. WPF uses the Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) to provide a declarative model for application programming.

WPF's rendering is vector-based, which enables applications to look great on high DPI monitors, as they can be infinitely scaled. WPF also includes a flexible hosting model, which makes it straightforward to host a video in a button, for example.

Visual Studio's designer, as well as Visual Studio Blend, make it easy to build WPF applications, with drag-and-drop and/or direct editing of XAML markup.

As of .NET 6.0, WPF supports ARM64.

See the WPF Roadmap to learn about project priorities, status and ship dates.

WinForms is another UI framework for building Windows desktop applications that is supported on .NET (7.0.x/6.0.x). WPF and WinForms applications only run on Windows. They are part of the Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop SDK. You are recommended to use the most recent version of Visual Studio to develop WPF and WinForms applications for .NET.

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WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) Nedir?

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), Microsoft tarafından geliştirilen ve Windows işletim sistemlerinde masaüstü uygulamalarının geliştirilmesi için kullanılan bir GUI (Grafiksel Kullanıcı Arayüzü) framework’üdür. WPF, .NET Framework’ün bir parçasıdır ve XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) adı verilen bir dil kullanarak zengin, etkileşimli ve görsel olarak etkileyici kullanıcı arayüzleri oluşturmayı sağlar.

WPF, WinForms’a alternatif olarak sunulmuş ve daha modern bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır. WPF’in bazı temel özellikleri şunlardır:

• Ayırılmış Tasarım: WPF, kullanıcı arayüzünü tanımlamak için XAML adı verilen bir ayrımlı tasarım dilini kullanır. XAML, kullanıcı arayüzünü XML tabanlı olarak tanımlamanıza olanak sağlar. Bu, tasarım ve iş mantığının daha iyi ayrılmasını sağlar ve geliştirme sürecini daha esnek hale getirir.
• Vektör tabanlı grafikler: WPF, vektör tabanlı grafikleri destekler. Bu, kullanıcı arayüzünde yüksek kaliteli ve ölçeklenebilir grafiklerin kullanılmasını sağlar. Vektör tabanlı grafikler, farklı ekran çözünürlüklerinde ve boyutlarda sorunsuz bir şekilde ölçeklenebilir ve keskin bir görüntü sağlar.
• Veri bağlama (Data Binding): WPF, veri bağlama mekanizmalarını kolaylaştırır. Veri bağlama, bir veri kaynağını kullanarak kullanıcı arayüzündeki öğeleri otomatik olarak güncellemenize ve kullanıcının veri üzerinde gerçekleştirdiği değişiklikleri izlemenize olanak sağlar. Bu, uygulamanın veri ve kullanıcı arayüzü arasında güçlü bir ilişki kurmasını sağlar.
• Animasyon ve Geçiş Efektleri: WPF, kullanıcı arayüzüne animasyonlar ve geçiş efektleri eklemeyi kolaylaştırır. Öğelerin hareket etmesi, renklerin değişmesi, boyutların animasyonlu bir şekilde yeniden düzenlenmesi gibi görsel efektler uygulayabilirsiniz. Bu, kullanıcı arayüzlerini daha canlı, etkileyici ve etkileşimli hale getirir.
• Stil ve Şablonlar: WPF, stil ve şablon mekanizmalarıyla kullanıcı arayüzlerinin görünümünü ve davranışını özelleştirmenizi sağlar. Özel stiller ve şablonlar oluşturabilir, öğelerin nasıl göründüğünü ve davrandığını kontrol edebilirsiniz. Bu, tutarlı bir görünüm ve his sağlar ve tekrar kullanılabilirliği
• devam ettirir. Örneğin, bir düğmenin nasıl görüneceğini ve davranacağını tanımlayan bir stil oluşturabilir ve bu stil, uygulamanın farklı bölgelerindeki tüm düğmelerde kullanılabilir.
• WPF, bu özelliklerin yanı sıra bir dizi kullanıcı arayüzü kontrolü (button, textbox, checkbox, listbox vb.) sağlar ve zengin bir kontrol koleksiyonu sunar. Ayrıca, WPF, dokunmatik ekranlar ve diğer giriş cihazları gibi farklı platformlar ve cihazlarla da uyumludur, böylece birden çok cihazda kullanılabilen esnek uygulamalar oluşturmanızı sağlar.
• WPF, WinForms’a kıyasla daha modern bir yaklaşım sunar ve daha zengin görsel deneyimler elde etmek için daha fazla esneklik sağlar. Özellikle veri tabanlı uygulamalar, medya oynatıcılar, interaktif kullanıcı arayüzleri gerektiren oyunlar ve görsel olarak etkileyici uygulamaların geliştirilmesinde tercih edilir.
• Sonuç olarak, WPF, Windows platformunda zengin ve etkileşimli masaüstü uygulamaları geliştirmek için kullanılan bir GUI framework’üdür. XAML dilini kullanarak ayrılmış bir tasarım sunar, vektör tabanlı grafikleri destekler, veri bağlama yetenekleri sunar ve animasyonlar ile geçiş efektleri eklemeyi kolaylaştırır.

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What is the difference between Window Presentation Foundation and WCF? Which is newer?

So which one is the newer one, and why would I use one over the other. Or more importantly, over Windows Forms?

• 1 WPF and WCF are entirely different. WPF is for rich GUI application. WCF is for service oriented applications. WCF unifies Webserives+ remoting+ message queues+ into a single API. WPF is better choice over Windows forms, though you would have to invest time and efforts into it. WPF and WCF would solve different business problems. –  PRR Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 6:33
• 2 Which is newer: rocket ships or vanilla beans? Why should I use one or the other? –  Mike Hanson Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 8:55
• vanilla beans are newer Mike, everyone knows that! DOH –  Arcturus Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 9:36

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Neither is newer than the other, they have both been cooking for roughly the same period of time.

HOWEVER they are totally different things :

WPF == Windows Presentation Foundation WCF == Windows Communication Foundation

WPF is the direct replacement for WinForms. WCF is a framework for talking to webservices, it replaces Remoting. I could waffle for hours on this, but that is a short answer for you :)

• 2 WPF is much, much more powerful than WinForms, and more efficient to work with too. Compare WinForms with raw GDI calls and WndProcs, and you will have some idea of the difference. Many things that are easy to do in WinForms are even easier in WPF, and many things that are nearly impossible in WinForms are easy in WPF. If you have a choice, WPF is almost always better than WinForms. The only exceptions are if you are running on embedded hardware with very limited performance, hardware over 10-12 years old, or must support Windows 2000 or Windows 9x. –  Ray Burns Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 4:35
• @slugster You cannot say it replaces Remoting . Remoting is still used for App domain communication. –  Searock Commented Jul 2, 2011 at 16:02

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a part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for rapidly building service-oriented applications that communicate across the web and the enterprise..

Windows Presentation Foundation

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides developers with a unified programming model for building rich Windows smart client user experiences that incorporate UI, media, and documents.

WPF is NOT a replacement for WinForms. Consider LOB applications, running on bulk enterprise hardware. The overhead of WPF is ridiculous.

Consider the following On my machine I have VS2008 and VS2010 installed.

Visual Studio 2008 (WinForms I believe) is only ~100mb of memory.

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 (WPF) is ~300mb.

That's just stupid. There's no reason for VS to be using WPF. It doesn't need flashy graphics or anything special that WPF offers. I'm for one sticking to VS2008. There's a time and a place when WPF is great to use, but Visual Studio and as I said LOB applications are not the time or place, it's just adding ridiculous overhead for pointless reasons.

However, WPF is a lot easier to work with than WinForms (once you UNDERSTAND it, the learning curve is also a lot larger)

• Uh, you didn't think that through, yeah? WPF is the next generation on from WinForms, hence my comment about "replacement". As for why VS2010 is done in WPF.... i imagine it must be a whole bunch easier to do WPF rendering/layout etc when your IDE is written in WPF than it would be when the IDE is still predominantly C++ and COM based like VS2008. –  slugster Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 11:59
• ITS NOT A REPLACEMENT. Microsoft has no intentions of discontinuing WinForms –  y2k Commented Nov 11, 2009 at 20:01
• Duh, nobody ever said WinForms was going to be replaced, i don't know how you managed to read that into what i said. It most certainly is a replacement, in the same way that WinForms & .Net is a replacement for VB/MFC etc, you can still code in those older technologies if you wish, but fewer and fewer people are doing so. If you don't like the word "replacement" then think "next generation". –  slugster Commented Nov 12, 2009 at 0:08

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WPF applications are based on a vector graphics architecture. This enables applications to look great on high DPI monitors, as they can be infinitely scaled. WPF also includes a flexible hosting model, which makes it straightforward to host a video in a button, for example. The visual designer provided in Visual Studio makes it easy to build WPF application, with drag-in-drop and/or direct editing of XAML markup.

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If you’re a developer trying to choose between WPF and WinForms, you’re probably wondering about the differences between these two technologies. In this guide, we’ll provide an in-depth comparison of WPF and WinForms, outlining the key differences and similarities between them.

A Brief Overview of WPF and WinForms

Windows Presentation Foundation ( WPF ) is a UI framework for building desktop applications, introduced by Microsoft in 2006. WPF was created to replace WinForms , which had been the primary UI framework for Windows desktop applications since 2002. While WinForms is still in use today, WPF provides a more modern, visually appealing UI framework built on top of DirectX .

WinForms , on the other hand, is a UI framework that uses the Windows API to create desktop applications in Windows. It is the traditional UI framework for Windows desktop applications, and it is still widely used today.

One of the key differences between WPF and WinForms is the way they handle graphics . WPF uses a vector-based graphics system , which allows for high-quality, scalable graphics that can be easily animated and manipulated.

WinForms, on the other hand, uses a raster-based graphics system , which can result in lower-quality graphics and limited animation capabilities.

Another difference between the two frameworks is their support for modern UI design principles . WPF includes support for features like data binding , styles , and templates , which make it easier to create consistent, modern-looking UIs.

WinForms, on the other hand, is more limited in its support for these features, which can make it more difficult to create modern UIs without resorting to custom code.

Understanding the Fundamental Differences between WPF and WinForms

The key difference between WPF and WinForms is the underlying technology. WPF uses DirectX for rendering, while WinForms uses the Windows API .

This means that WPF can take advantage of the hardware acceleration provided by DirectX, resulting in more visually appealing and responsive UIs. WinForms, on the other hand, is limited by the capabilities of the Windows API.

Another difference between WPF and WinForms is in their approach to UI layout . WPF uses a more modern approach to layout that is based on XAML , while WinForms uses a more traditional approach that is based on forms and controls .

This means that WPF provides more flexibility and control over the layout and appearance of the UI, while WinForms is simpler to use for basic UI design.

One more difference between WPF and WinForms is in their support for multimedia content . WPF has built-in support for multimedia content such as audio, video, and animation, while WinForms requires additional libraries or plugins to support multimedia content.

This makes WPF a better choice for applications that require multimedia content, such as video players or interactive presentations.

User Interface Design in WPF vs WinForms: Which Offers More Flexibility?

When it comes to user interface design, WPF is widely considered to be the superior technology. WPF provides a rich set of controls and features for designing visually appealing UIs, including support for advanced graphics and animation.

Additionally, WPF supports a more modern approach to UI design, allowing for more flexibility and control over the layout and appearance of the UI.

WinForms, on the other hand, is simpler to use and more straightforward for basic UI design. It offers a range of standard controls that allow developers to create basic UIs quickly and easily. However, for more advanced UI design, WinForms can be limited and inflexible.

One of the key advantages of WPF over WinForms is its ability to support vector graphics . This means that UI elements can be scaled up or down without losing quality, making it ideal for high-resolution displays. Additionally, WPF allows for the creation of custom controls , which can be reused across multiple projects, saving time and effort for developers.

Another advantage of WPF is its support for data binding , which allows UI elements to be automatically updated when underlying data changes. This can be particularly useful for creating dynamic UIs that respond to user input or changes in data.

WinForms also supports data binding, but it is not as flexible or powerful as WPF’s implementation.

Performance and Scalability: A Comparison of WPF and WinForms

When it comes to performance and scalability, there are some differences between WPF and WinForms. WPF’s use of hardware acceleration means that it can provide more visually appealing and responsive UIs.

However, this can come at a cost in terms of performance, particularly for complex UIs. Additionally, WPF can be resource-intensive, which can impact performance on lower-end systems.

WinForms, on the other hand, is generally considered to be a more lightweight and performant UI framework. While it may not provide the same level of visual appeal as WPF, it can provide responsive UIs even on lower-end systems.

Another factor to consider when comparing WPF and WinForms is their compatibility with different operating systems. WPF is primarily designed for Windows operating systems , which limits its cross-platform capabilities.

On the other hand, WinForms, while also primarily designed for Windows, can be used on multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS, through the use of third-party libraries like Mono , making it a more versatile option for developers who need to create applications for different operating systems.

Compatibility with Modern Technologies: How WPF and WinForms Stack Up

When it comes to compatibility with modern technologies, both WPF and WinForms have their strengths and weaknesses.

WPF is generally considered to be more modern and future-proof, with support for features like touch and high DPI displays . However, it can be more challenging to integrate with legacy systems, particularly those built on WinForms.

WinForms, on the other hand, has been around for longer and has a more established ecosystem.

This means that it can be easier to integrate with legacy systems, as well as to find resources and support for development. However, WinForms lacks some of the advanced features supported by WPF, which can limit its compatibility with modern technologies.

Development Environment: Which is Easier to Use, WPF or WinForms?

When it comes to ease of use, both WPF and WinForms have their strengths and weaknesses. WPF provides a more modern and intuitive development experience, particularly for UI design. However, since WPF is a newer technology, it can take some time to learn and become proficient in.

WinForms, on the other hand, is more straightforward and easier to use for basic UI design. Additionally, since it has been around for longer, there are more resources and support available for WinForms development. However, WinForms can be more limiting and less flexible than WPF, particularly in terms of UI design.

Choosing the Right Technology for Your Project: Factors to Consider

When choosing between WPF and WinForms for your project, there are several factors to consider. These include:

• The complexity of your application
• Your UI design requirements
• The performance requirements of your application
• Your target platform and compatibility requirements
• Your development experience and expertise

By carefully considering these factors, you can make an informed decision about which technology is best suited for your project.

Pros and Cons of Using WPF versus WinForms

To help summarize the key differences between WPF and WinForms, here are some of the pros and cons of each technology:

• Modern, visually appealing UIs
• Flexible UI design
• Advanced graphics and animation support
• Support for touch and high DPI displays
• Can be more challenging to learn and become proficient in
• Resource-intensive, which can impact performance on lower-end systems
• More difficult to integrate with legacy systems
• Simpler and easier to use for basic UI design
• More lightweight and performant
• Established ecosystem with more resources and support available
• Easier to integrate with legacy systems
• Limited in terms of advanced UI design features
• May not provide the same level of visual appeal as WPF
• Less future-proof and compatible with modern technologies

Case Studies: Real-World Examples of Applications Built with WPF and WinForms

To help illustrate the key differences between WPF and WinForms, here are some real-world examples of applications built with each technology:

• ArcGIS Pro : An example of a complex GIS application built with WPF, leveraging its advanced graphics and animation support.
• Paint.NET : An example of a lightweight image editing application built with WinForms, highlighting its simplicity and ease of use.

By considering these examples and the factors outlined above, you can make an informed decision about whether WPF or WinForms is best suited for your project.

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June 1, 2011

The LASLUG Raffle Chooser App has been Published in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

Victor @ 1:57 pm

If you attended our May 25, 2011 Los Angeles Silverlight Usergroup (LASLUG) meeting then you saw Kim S (LASLUG Special Event Coordinator) use the custom built Raffle Chooser Windows Phone 7 Application to choose the Winning Raffle Tickets.

Well, I figured that this could be a handy tool for our other .NET Usergroups such as LA C# Usergroup or even our friends at SoCal Code Camp ran by Woody

Pewitt (@woodyp on Twitter) as I think they all hold raffles as well. So I published it on the Zune Marketplace.  It is under the Social Category and is FREE!

You can Install the Raffle Chooser app directly from here: http://tinyurl.com/4xhcltr

If  you would like the source code feel free to email me at victorg at laslug dot com.

Thanks!  Victor

April 29, 2011

The Los Angeles Silverlight Usergroup (LASLUG) is Growing by Leaps & Bounds – State of the Usergroup

— Victor @ 12:07 am

Hello LASLUGers!

Today we had an occurrence that sets us apart as a premier .NET Usergroup;  today we hit the BIG TIME: Telerik has signed on to become a proud sponsor  of the Los Angeles Silverlight Usergroup.  In their own words, Telerik’s Emily Parker writes “ (we) provide 1 Telerik Ultimate Collection valued at $1999/month. This license is our largest bundle so it includes tons of software – check them out here: www.telerik.com/purchase.  I know you said other’s do two licenses/month but this license is a  huge bundle which always goes over well.  We send a demo CD with the license codes on them so your winners can just walk away with this and they are all set! “  

 Are they awesome or what? 

 Mission Statement:

To provide the local Los Aneles .NET community (with an emphasis on Silverlight & WPF) with the finest speakers that the planent has to offer.  Further, we pledge not to ever charge any of our members any money for this service.  While most other usergroups are free to attend they tend to charge for the raffles whereby they give away prizes.  We not only offer free gourmet pizza, beer, softdrinks and deserts we offer free prizes.  It is our goal to provide every member in attendence with a free prize be it a small prize such as a DevExpress tee-shirt, or a Microsoft Flash drive to something more significant such as an Apress book on how to do game programing for Windows Phone 7 to something very expensive such as Telerik’s Ultimate Silverlight Software Collection (a $1999.00 value).  Further, we promise to update our venues to make it easier for some members to attend one month and then easier for other members to attend another month.  We also feel this keep the group fresh and reduces the chance of them becoming bored with LASLUG meetings.  Finally, we have commited to our sponsors to help them add to their customer base by touting the positive aspects of their products and by encouraging our members to use their decision-making power at their places of employment to employ these books and tools if they enjoy the products we give to them as prizes. We also promise our sponsors high-visibility on our website (www.laslug.com) as well as in our meetings.

So Wed May 25th is the tentative date for our next  LASLUG  meeting and the first meeting we will be giving away  Software  from:

1.  Telerik  (one copy of Ultimate Collection – Value: $1999.00);

2.  DevExpress  (two copies of Silverlight Controls for Silverlight – Value: $799.99 (times two));

3.  Syncfusion  (two copies of Essential Studio Enterprise Edition – Value: $1,995.00 (times two));

4.  VIBlend  (VIBlend WPF Controls package – Value: $349.000), (VIBlend Silverlight Controls package – Value: $499.00).

We will also be giving away books:

1.  Apress  - Four titles to be determined – Approximate Value: $50.00 (times four));

2.  FreindsOfEd -  One title, two copies - Expression Blend 4 with Silverlight – Value: $49.00 (times two));

3.  Safari Books Online  (10 day free trial and 20% off with purchase of a year subscription).

We will also have swag from:

1. Mircosoft

2. DevExpress

3. Syncfusion

This comes out to a total of  $9,283 .  So by the time the meeting takes place I expect the prizes to be valued at  well over $10,000 .

And this is just as of right now…we are currently in talks with  O’reilly, Manning, Anheuser-Busch, New Belgium Brewers  and a few others.

So look for email blasts from me and the management team with regards to new sponsorship and meeting details.  Once you get the meeting announcement please secure your spot  ASAP  as space is limited and I think that will all of these new  prizes ,  swag ,  gourmet pizza  and  beer  the meeting is going to fill up  fast!  

October 2, 2010

An Amazing Review of my new Silverlight 4 Book

—  Victor @ 12:26 am

A reader named Peter Henry wrote an awesome review of my new Silverlight 4 book on his blog.  Its funny, the way he describes my writing style is EXACTLY what I was shooting for;  that is, as if I were right over your shoulder telling you step by step how to develop in Silverlight using Blend and Visual Studio.  Here is his review, you can also read it here: http://www.pchenry.com/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/343/Default.aspx

A few weeks ago, I saw a message on Twitter asking people to reply to get a free book.  Now, usually I disregard those emails/phone calls/unsolicited advancements with utter and complete contempt (too polite? LOL) but this time around I thought I might read this a bit further.  

The posting was from Simon Yu from apress.com, he was asking for reviewers for an upcoming Expression Blend book.  Interesting.  I was familiar with the previous book (Expression Blend 3) since Sylvain had bought one last year and I was kind of envious he was learning WPF and Expression Blend with this book.  Ya, it looked that impressive when I leafed through it.

But then……..life got busy, work got busy…..life just happened…..you probably know what I mean right?  Well, fast forward to Simon’s posting and I thought, eeehhhhh……what’s the worst that can happen?  Oh ya, he could be bogus and I get spammed forever?  AAAAAHHHHH let’s try it out, could be interesting?

As I would say to Bert lately, “long story short”, I got the book in the mail (thank you very much Simon!) and I have to tell ya, WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!  VERY COOL!  I guess in the last year, I’ve kind of gotten a bit gun-shy with the whole WPF/XAML/Blend thing.  Why?  Not quite sure why actually…..just that there’s A LOT to bite off to get something done.  Layout managers, data binding, POCOs or EF, WCF or web services, resources, triggers, behaviours, then there’s the whole XAML and Blend thing…..maybe you’re where I am?  You feeling a bit OVERWHELMED with all that?

Well, this is where this book comes into play.  I said to myself, with WP7 coming out, I’m getting on that band wagon and I’m going to do WPF this time!  Yes siree Bob!  Who’s Bob?  I don’t know, that’s the expression!  Anyways, here are my first impressions!

• Who’ the book aimed at?  People like me!  COOL!
• It’s NOT 800 pages!
• It reads less like MSDN and more like a book that keeps you excited!  Sorry MSDN, no slight against you, when I goto you, I want info HERE AND NOW, nothing pretty, nothing fancy, but when I’m reading about something brand new, I need a bit of spoon feeding and a bit of excitement to keep me interested.
• “LOTS of pretty pictures!”  Which is good for a visual designer tool that Blend is!  Ironic eh?  Lots of sites, even books don’t have pictures, WTF?  The HUGE benefit of pictures is I can see IMMEDIATELY when I’m begining to deviate away from the lesson and starting to get lost.  Not here!
• Juicy info is had right away, not half way through the book.  Ever read a Tom Clancy book?  Doesn’t matter which one, they ALL, only get interesting half way through.  Boooooooring!  Not with this book!
• Yes, I did get the book for free, but NO I’m not biased nor inclined to give this book a good rating just because of that.  I’m cheap, but I’m also not looking to make my living with book reviews.  I have ONE objective with this book, to learn Blend!
• And my last, first impression, which is the most important point in this post, Victor’s writing feels COMPLETELY interactive and dynamic.  Think about it, it’s a book written months ago, and it STILL feels like a conversation with him right there!  What do I mean?  He does this a lot and I love it…..he explains something, and I’m thinking…but, but but……then in the very next sentence he answers my very same question in my head.  Ya, and he does that continuously.  I’ve done good and bad training courses before, this guy writes this book like a beautiful training course.  I’m 50pgs into it and have HUGE expectations now for him to continue doing his “set’em up and knock’em down” style of teaching!

So, there you have it, my first impressions about this new book from Victor Gaudioso.  Keep your eyes peeled on this blog for a followup blog with my end of book review.  Now it’s time to grab a coffee and get coding (well, reading and coding that is LOL).

Thanks so much Peter!  Victor

May 26, 2010

New Speaking Event: Microsoft Book Signing/Silverlight 4 Presentation

— Victor @ 11:45 am

On Saturday June 19th, 2010 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm (PST) I will be signing copies of my latest book Foundation Blend 3 with Silverlight and presenting/demoing the new features of Silverlight 4 at the Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, California!

Join me as I show how to use the new Webcam and COM APIs, show how to build Out-Of-Browser (OOB) Silverlight applications and talk about Sketchflow Prototyping with Silverlight.

There will be plenty of prizes and give-aways from our sponsors.  Microsoft will be giving away copies of the Expression Blend Suite, Apress will be giving away some of its most popular book titles based on .NET technologies and finally DevExpress will be giving away copies of its popular Silverlight Tools.

Join us for an evening of book signing, food and drinks, presentations and everything Silverlight!  attendance is free but RSVP as space is limited. 

See you there!

April 6, 2010

My Microsoft MVP Award!

— Victor @ 2:43 pm

My MVP Award just came in the mail and it did not disappoint.  There was a really nice plaque, a glass award, an MVP ID card and an MVP pin. Take a look at the video of me opening my award!

March 5, 2010

An Interesting Journey with a Man Named Ted

— Victor @ 8:24 am

As you probably know,  I am very serious and passionate about my love for Silverlight and Blend; I love the technology and possess a burning passion for teaching it.  If any of you know me you know full well that if you ask me for help I will do all I can to help you understand this medium and to be productive in it. 

As you also know I write books on Blend and Silverlight; I do so for a couple of reasons:

First, I do it to help those interested to learn this platform.  Silverlight and Blend are amazingly easy to use once you know how.  Sadly learning how can be difficult.  To facilitate the ease of learning this medium I decided to write books under the Apress/Friends of Ed flagship  Foundation  series.  I have two books already published and currentlyI am writing my third on SL 4/Blend. 

The second reason I write books is so that I have creditability as a bonafide  SL/Blend expert.  That being the case people will listen to my teachings and when I raise issues to my friends over at MSFT I get some very good responses. 

What I  DON”T  write these books for is money; it is all about the passion I possess.  To be honest, I don’t make a whole lot of money writing these books; if you were to break it down I probably end up making less than $5.00 per hour. 

So, whenever I receive a new review on Amazon I am quick to read it in hopes to understand how the public feels about my publication and how I can improve my next book.  As an example of this, I have my book’s Amazon link on my smart phone’s desktop. I click it at  least  once per day to look for new comments. 

The comments thus far have been quite positive (currently the book has 4 out of 5 stars).  So, whenever I get a negative comment my heart sinks and I am deeply saddend and concerned. 

As it happens just such a comment came down the pike a few days ago. In this review a man named Ted stated that there is entirely too much code in my book and being that it is a Blend book this should not be the case. 

While this review did hurt my feelings I had to admit the guy had a valid point.  But to be sure I grabbed a copy of my book and started to thumb through it and this validated what he had stated: there was in fact too much code for a Blend book.  So, I commented back and told Ted that his comment “ cut me to the core ” and that he did in fact have a valid point.  I apologized and promised that I would do better on my new book slated to come out this summer. 

Ted quickly responded and was a little apologetic that he had hurt my feelings but stuck by his point. He accepted my ap0logy and said that he looked forward to my next book.  But I didn’t feel that I had done enough for Ted.  Sure I had helped him understand that there are real people behind these books that have real feelings but what had I done to  help him?  This was a reader that put his faith in me to help them learn Silverlight and Blend and I had left him wandering aimlessly in the woods.  Not cool! What to do?

So, I decided that Ted would be one of those readers that is smart enough not to need to be guided through a narrative on how to learn Silverlight  and Blend.  After some thought it hit me that Ted is one of those that would benefit from a “ take one from column A and one from column B ” kind of learning regime. 

With that, I pointed Ted at my  personal blog where I have about 30-40 free Silverlight video tutorials.  They range from “ how to build a chrome button in Blend”  to “ how to de-serialize XML into native Silverlight objects .”

The danger of pointing a Silverlight newcomer to these videos is there is no structure, the reader is free to run wild and possibly tutorialize themselves into total confusion. 

Which, by the way I think my beginner books are great:  I take your hand at the very beginning and then walk you through, step by step how I think you should learn Silverlight and Blend and then when I think you are ready I let your hand go and tell you to now go forth and learn, you are ready.

So, this morning I received an email from a very excited and happy Ted telling me that my videos are what he has been looking for since he started this mission to learn Silverlight/Blend some 15 days ago.  Further, he was so satisfied he was compelled to post a comment entitied  “Must Watch – Must Read Resources for Blend!”  on the Microsoft Expression website, found  Below are a couple of excerpts from his post:

“…He explained things I had not seen in any help files or any other videos in 14 days of research.  You might be tempted to skip the first video about the UI, don’t do it!  One of the HUGE keys to understanding Blend is understanding the interface….”

“…Trust me, if you watch Victor’s videos, you will have about 50% fewer questions on how to do things in Blend.  If you work through the self paced tutorial, you will have another 50% reduction.  Just think, you will actually be able to do something in Blend, not wait for answers here, and when you DO have a question, it will probably be code related or something pretty esoteric that these experts can really sink their teeth into!…”

So now I have fulfilled my goal of helping one more person who wants to learn Silverlight and Blend.  And along the way, I discovered a way to make my new book better and even made a friend along the way.  Thanks Ted, my friend.

November 26, 2009

A Rough Draft of my New Silverlight 4 Book (due out in 2010)

— Victor @ 12:52 pm

Apress/Friends of Ed has engaged me to write a follow up to my last book Foundation Blend 3 with Silverlight . This new book will have all of the information from my last book as it is still relevant for Silverlight 4 but will also include the many wonderful new features of Silvelright 4.  I have created a rough draft for the Table of Contents for the new book and have decided to share it with you.  Please feel free to help me out and provide me with comments so that I can provide you with the best product to help those that are interested learn Silveright.

Table of Contents (working name: Foundation: Silverlight 4)

• Setting up the development environment (Blend 3  probably Blend 4 when released, Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4 Tools, Silverlight 4 Runtime)
• The Blend 3 (probably 4) Integrated Development Environment: The Toolbar, panels, artboard, workspace modes (Animation v Design)
• C#, XAML, and Object Oriented Programming
• Controls: Including the new Silverlight 4 Controls: ViewBox, RichTextArea ,  FlowDirection Property, the Improved DataGrid
• Timed Storyboards: Creating a Newton Cradle application
• Using the VSM and Blend 3’s State panel to create a Silverlight Media Player
• Behaviors: Included behaviors and custom behaviors: Using the FarseerPhysics engine to create a simple Silverlight 4 video game
• The Silverlight MediaElement: Create a video player application with Behaviors, XML serialization, and the new Silverlight 4 Drop property
• Using RIA services with the Silverlight 4 Network Authentication
• Events and EventHandlers including SL 4 right-click and MouseWheel event handling
• Classes and Interfaces
• ControlTemplates, Styles and Custom UserControls
• Writing a Custom Silverlight 4 Content Panel
• Writing a Silverlight 4 Out of the Browser application with Elevated Trust and the new Silverlight 4 COM API
• DataBinding: What is it? Improvements in Silverlight 4: DependencyObject Binding,  StringFormat ,  TargetNullValue, FallbackValue
• Silverlight 4 Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
• Building a Sketchflow Prototype
•  The Silverlight 4 Printing and Open Save APIs: Create an Image Printer application
• Creating a Photobooth application with the Silverlight 4 Microphone and Webcam API
• Miscellaneous Silverlight 4 Features:  The Clipboard API,  Command support for Buttons,  HTML support, the Notification API, TextTrimming, Full Keyboard access in Full Screen,  Offline DRM support, Data Validation, ,Fluid user interface support, Implicit theming for Controls, Google Chrome support

This is actually my first week of WPF and it has been a frustrating one as it is very difficult to install the WPF authoring environment. The reason for this is because MS has not released the final build for WPF as of yet. So, in order to install the authoring environment you have to install a few different things. They are:

  1. The .NET 3.0 Framework (if you have .NET 2.0 framework it might be best to uninstall it first.

  2. Visual Studio 2005 (Visual Studio Express is free and should work).

  3. Orcas.

  4. MS Interactive Designer (formally known as Sparkle)

  5. Visual Studio Extensions (so you can create a WPF project).

This should get you up and running. Soon, I will post a blog about creating a very simple WPF application. However, in the meantime I would suggest you get Jesse Libery's and Brian MacDonald's book on C#, called C# 2005 and Jessey Libery's book called, ironically enough C# and brush up on your C#. Good luck. Victor

Today I am posting my first WPF application. It is simple but I think it does show the power of the WPF 3D engine. If you have trouble seeing it you may have to download IE 7. Soon, I will post a tutorial on how I built it; you will be amazed on how simple the code for this was. Victor 

I have been in WPF bootcamp for the last three weeks and have learned quite a bit. Soon, I will post tutorials on how to style buttons as well as how to make a simple video player. Keep checking back. Victor 

We have written an exporter for 3DS Max so I have been learning the basics of that program. I made a simple model of a lightsaber with a simple rotation animation and exported it to XAML. Take a look:

Blend Beta 2 is out. I don't know if you have used this but this is awesome for the design side of WPF. I still use Visual Studio for the C#. 

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By now you should have heard of several new acronyms that are usually associated with Windows Vista (codenamed Longhorn).

These acronyms include WinFX, WinFS, WCF (Windows Communication Foundation; codenamed Indigo), and WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation; codenamed Avalon). In recent months there has been a lot of buzz going around WPF, which is one of the core components of WinFX. In this article, I will take you on a whirlwind tour of what WPF is and how you can start preparing for Vista by developing applications today using the available SDK.

Why Windows Presentation Foundation?

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is the new graphics subsystem in Windows Vista that will enable developers to build applications that provide breakthrough user experiences. If you look at the applications in use today, they are either Windows applications or Web applications. While Windows applications offer immensely rich client functionality, deploying Windows applications requires considerable resources and makes maintenance a constant challenge. On the other hand, Web applications offers ease of deployment and maintenance, but do so at the expense of increased complexity in the development process (since the Web is stateless) as well as less-than-ideal platform integration.

It is the goal of WPF to offer a development platform that offers the best of both worlds, allowing administrators to deploy and manage applications securely.

Microsoft’s goal when they created WPF was to offer a development platform that offers the best of both worlds, allowing administrators to deploy and manage applications securely.

While application development technologies have evolved rapidly, hardware advances have also been moving at a rapid rate. In particular, the processing power of video cards has been improving at a much more rapid rate than developers can make use of. Increasingly, computers are equipped with an over-powered graphics subsystem that is under utilized. Applications could jolly well take advantage of the power of these graphics cards (such as for three-dimensional (3-D) processing) to enhance the user experience.

And this is exactly the aim of WPF-that is, to take advantage of the under-utilized power of the video card and use it to enhance the user experience of Windows applications. WPF uses Direct3D for vector-based rendering, enabling applications to incorporate a wide assortment of media such as 2-D, 3-D, audio, text, video, animation, etc.

Building User Interfaces Using XAML

In WPF, Microsoft introduces a new language for creating WPF applications-XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language). Using XAML, developers can create UIs declaratively using XML elements and attributes. This provides for a clean separation of application logic and the UI of the application, allowing interface designers to use external tools (more on this later) to design the UI and then wire up with the code-behinds using .NET languages.

To get developers started with XAML, Microsoft provides a useful tool known as XAMLPad. XAMLPad is a XAML editor that allows you to quickly preview your UI. To use XAMLPad, go to Start , choose Programs , choose Microsoft Windows SDK , then choose Tools , and finally choose XAMLPad . Figure 1 shows the various components in XAMLPad.

XAMLPad offers the following functions:

• Auto Parse-The Preview Pane (7) will be updated as you type your XAML code in (8)
• Refresh-Refreshes the Preview Pane (7)
• Changes the font in the Code Edit Pane (8)
• Changes the font size in the Code Edit Pane (8)
• Hides the Code Edit Pane (8)
• Changes the scaling factor of the Preview Pane (7)
• Preview Pane
• Code Edit Pane

To see the XAMLPad in action, let’s populate the Edit Pane with some XAML code (see Listing 1 ). Figure 2 shows the resulting UI. Notice that the XAML code looks like HTML as all UI controls are defined declaratively.

XAML supports a few layout patterns for UI controls, and the one just shown uses the Canvas layout. The Canvas layout pattern is similar to what you have today in Windows Forms. The controls in a Canvas layout are positioned using the x and y-coorindates. The Canvas layout is useful in cases where you need to precisely position the various controls on the UI.

You may have noticed that in the Canvas element there is a LayoutTransform attribute. This attribute allows you to scale the output by simply specifying the scale factor. For example, if you specify a factor of 0.5 (LayoutTransform="scale 0.5"), then the entire Canvas layout would shrink by 50% (see Figure 3 ).

Besides the Canvas layout, there are a couple of other layouts available in XAML. They are:

I’ll now describe the various layouts.

A StackPanel layout positions controls like they are on a stack. You can stack controls vertically or horizontally. The XAML code in Listing 2 shows how the StackPanel works. Figure 4 shows the output of the XAML code above.

A DockPanel layout docks controls on either one of the four sides (Top, Left, Right, or Bottom) of a DockPanel control. The XAML code in Listing 3 shows how to dock four Button controls using the DockPanel.Dock attribute. Figure 5 shows the output for the above code.

The Grid layout allows controls to be positioned in cells, just like in a grid. The XAML code in Listing 4 shows how to define a grid with three columns and four rows, and then add twelve Button controls to each cell within the grid. Figure 6 shows the output for the XAML code shown above.

Building WPF Applications Using Visual Studio 2005

While Windows Vista is slated to be released by the end of 2006, you can start developing WPF applications today using Visual Studio 2005.

Project Types

Once you have installed all the prerequisites for WPF, you can develop WPF applications using Visual Studio 2005. To develop WPF applications, from the File menu choose New and then choose Project …. Under the Avalon project type, you should see the three Visual Studio installed templates-Avalon Application, Avalon Web Browser Application, and Avalon Control Library ( Figure 7 ).

The Avalon Application template is similar to the standalone Windows application that you are familiar with today.

The aim of WPF is to take advantage of the under-utilized power of the video card and use it to enhance the user experience of Windows applications.

For the Avalon Web Browser application, it is hosted within a Web browser and looks like that shown in Figure 8 . This type of Avalon application is well-suited for scenarios where you would want to refrain from deploying additional components to the client. As such, it runs within the context of a partial trust sandbox. As shown in Figure 8 , an Avalon Web Browser application lives within the browser and uses pages instead of windows for navigation (as evident by the two navigation buttons at the top of the window).

You can use the Avalon Control Library to create user controls that can be used by other Avalon applications.

Programmatically Generating the WPF UI

Earlier on, I showed how to use XAML to create the UI of a WPF application. It is important to know that XAML is not the only means to create WPF applications. In fact, at compile-time, all the XAML elements are compiled into a partial class (a new language feature in .NET 2.0, for both C# and Visual Basic 2005) and combined with the partial classes containing the application logic. Thus, instead of declaratively creating the UI of a WPF application using XAML, you can also programmatically create it using code.

I’ll now show you how to write a WPF UI using code. Create a new Avalon Windows application and in the code-behind of the default Window1.xaml ( Window1.xaml.vb ), add the event handler shown in Listing 5 .

When you compile and execute the application, your output will look like Figure 9 .

2D Graphics

As mentioned in the beginning of this article, graphics is one of the strengths of WPF. The code example in Listing 6 shows how you can draw 2-D graphics using one of the many graphics elements available in WPF.

In the above code, three rectangles are drawn using the Rectangle element. Each rectangle is filled with a color and bound to a Slider control. When each slider moves, the height of the corresponding rectangle changes and the value of the slider is displayed next to it (see Figure 10 ).

Besides filling a rectangle with a solid color, you can also fill it with shades using a brush. For example, the code shown in Listing 7 fills the first rectangle with the colors Lavender and Blue using the VerticalGradient fill method. The second rectangle is filled with the colors Lavender and Yellow using the HorizontalGradient fill method. The third rectangle allows you to specify the various offsets to be used for the gradient fill.

Figure 11 shows the effect of the various gradients fills.

3-D Graphics

3-D graphics is the main highlight of WPF. While it is possible to create 3-D graphics by hand using XAML, it is too mundane a task to do. Instead, Microsoft is readying a new set of tools that will greatly simplify the task of creating XAML content.

Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer (codenamed Sparkle), a member of the Microsoft Expression family of professional design tools, allows application developers to create exciting user interface designs using a full spectrum of media types, including vectors, pixel images, 3-D content, video and audio, high quality text, and animation (see Figure 12 ).

As I’m writing this article, Microsoft Expression Interactive Designer ( http://www.microsoft.com/products/expression/en/interactive_designer/default.aspx ) is not yet available for download. However, there are third-party tools that can help you create exciting UI designs.

Electric Rain’s ZAM 3D

Electric Rain ZAM 3D ( http://www.erain.com/products/ZAM3D/DefaultPDC.asp ) is a full-featured 3-D modeling application that enables easy creation, customization, and animation of 3-D interface elements for WPF applications. You can use ZAM 3-D to export 3-D graphics into XAML code. You can then directly integrate the XAML files created with ZAM 3-D into your application development environment to create rich and engaging user experiences.

Figure 13 shows a 3-D model rendered using ZAM 3D. To export the graphics as XAML, go to the File menu, choose Export… and save the XAML code to a text file.

When you double-click on the saved XAML file, it will be loaded in IE as a WPF application ( Figure 14 ).

MobiForm’s Aurora XAML Designer for WinFX

Aurora ( http://www.mobiform.com/Eng/aurora.html ) is another visual designer that produces XAML documents from the Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Object Model.

You can either use Aurora as a standalone application ( Figure 15 ) to design your UI, or you can use Aurora within Visual Studio 2005 ( Figure 16 ).

To use Aurora within Visual Studio 2005, right-click on a form (such as Window1.xaml), select the Open with… item and select Aurora .

Besides 2-D and 3-D graphics, WPF also comes with extensive support for imaging. For example, the code in Listing 8 shows how to clip an image using a geometry control (see Figure 17 ).

Data-Binding

Any decent application worth its salt would make use of data. And in WPF, you can bind UI elements to a wide variety of data sources, including XML data, Web services, and of course, databases.

To demonstrate data-binding in WPF, I have built a simple RSS reader. Listing 9 shows my XML Data Provider defined to point to an online resource (an RSS document). It is then bound to a ListBox control that displays a list of titles contained within the RSS document, as well as a TextBox control that displays the description of the news item.

When the items in the ListBox are selected, the TitleChanged event will be fired. This event will then set the DataContext property of the StackPanel so that the description for the selected news title will be displayed in the TextBox control.

Figure 18 shows what happens when the application is executed.

In this article, you have seen some of the features of WPF, the new graphics subsystem in Windows Vista. There is a lot more to WPF than I could possibly cover in just one article. Hopefully you now have a better idea of what WPF can offer. I will cover some other features of WPF in a future article.

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WPF vs WinForms: Top 6 differences to know for 2023

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• 1. The biggest difference between WPF and WinForms is their approach to layout and rendering
• 2. WPF offers a more fluid and intuitive experience when Enterprise app development
• 3. Unlike WPF, WinForms cannot be shared between applications
• 4. WinForms focuses on drag-and-drop UI controls, whereas WPF is a standalone solution
• 5. WPF is better in terms of scalability and migration
• 6. WPF vs WinForms: Multiple reasons
• 7. WPF vs WinForms: What to Choose?
• 8. FAQs for WPF vs WinForms

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WPF and WinForms are two excellent Microsoft platforms that made a significant contribution to Windows and desktop app development . Although they both serve the same purpose, the most significant difference to note between them is WPF is not just a layer over the default Windows controls (which is the case in WinForms). Instead, it is one that can be created from scratch and is independent of regular Windows controls. WPF has some incredible features like 2D and 3D animations, media services, styles, typography, graphics, data binding, etc., and uses XAML to declaratively design views.

Many IT companies have chosen WPF as their preferred platform for UI development in Windows and web projects since it was a great upgrade over WinForms. Let’s dive further and understand the most significant differences between WinForms and WPF, and how their features would aid in UI development.

The biggest difference between WPF and WinForms is their approach to layout and rendering

WPF and WinForms are both GUI frameworks that can be used to create applications for the Windows operating system. WPF is newer and was created to address some of the limitations of WinForms. The biggest difference between WinForms vs WPF remains is their approach to layout and rendering. WPF uses a layout system based on XAML files, while WinForms uses procedural code or XML files that are compiled at runtime. This means that WPF applications have a declarative layout system that allows you to define what an application should look like without having to write any code—this can make it easier to build complex user interfaces.

Another difference between WPF and WinForms is how they are rendered by the operating system. With WPF, every element in your application is rendered as an object tree in memory; with WinForms, each element is rendered as a native control on top of whatever other controls may already be on the screen (which means there can be conflicts).

Planning to hire a leading WPF App development company ?

Wpf offers a more fluid and intuitive experience when enterprise app development.

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Visual Basic for Applications (WinForms) are two different development frameworks that can be used to create desktop applications. WPF is a completely new platform that was introduced with the release of Windows 8, while WinForms is an older framework that has been around since 2000.

Originally developed by Microsoft as part of its efforts to develop user interfaces for netbooks and other mobile devices, WPF offers a more fluid and intuitive experience when developing desktop applications compared to traditional Windows-based programming models like .NET Framework 4 or ASP.NET MVC5.

One major advantage of using WPF is its support for vector graphics, making sophisticated interface designs possible without needing additional software tools.

On the downside, WinForms does not offer as much flexibility when it comes to designing your application's user interface, and it can be less responsive than rival platforms such as React Native or HTML/CSS/JS Hybrid apps built with Angular JS or VueJS2 respectively.

Additionally, because WPF runs in a browser rather than on a dedicated Operating System, windows like those made available through WinForms, you may experience performance issues if your app requires significant processing power or lots of graphical resources. In a nutshell, intuitive experience matters when it comes to WinForms vs WPF.

Read More: Will WPF be dead in 2022?

Unlike wpf, winforms cannot be shared between applications.

Talking about WPF vs WinForms, one major difference you can notice is – WinForm cannot be shared between applications. As its name suggests, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a user interface foundation for creating desktop or Windows-based client software. It's the newest method for building user interfaces with the Microsoft .NET framework. It was made to develop Windows Forms, the next generation of Windows-based user interfaces, and Windows Client applications.

It has all the capabilities required to design, operate, execute, manage, and handle Windows client applications. Because of its name, WinForms is primarily a graphical user interface (GUI) based approach to the .NET framework. It was the primary API for .NET GUI development before WPF, and Silverlight came along. Creating a standalone application only necessitates a runtime and operating system.

In Windows forms, the application setting is another feature to create, store, and preserve information. When designing an application framework, you can use Windows form class inheritance to add abstraction and code reuse by extending the class. The size of forms should be restricted for convenience's sake. Assembly files allow records to be broken down into modular pieces that can be updated independently.

The scalability and adaptability of the application are achieved by its layout, which also facilitates debugging and maintenance tasks. Unfortunately, Windows forms cannot be shared between applications. WPF application development may be done with the help of Microsoft technologies like Visual Studio and Expression Blend. The developer often builds WPF applications in Visual Studio, whereas designers choose Blend.

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Winforms focuses on drag-and-drop ui controls, whereas wpf is a standalone solution.

WinForms programming is incredibly easy because it only requires the drag-and-drop placement of UI controls on a canvas. It is the previous platform for creating desktop programs. The architecture of WPF, in contrast to WinForms, consists of three main parts, a presentation framework, a presentation core, and a mallcore. WPF is offered as a standalone solution because it does not totally rely on Standard Windows Controls. Another distinguishing feature of WPF over WinForms is the ability to add a Button with an Image.

WPF is better in terms of scalability and migration

WinForms and WPF are both .NET Framework GUI application development features. WinForms is somewhat older and has been entirely supplanted by WPF's XAML-based GUI Framework. This does not imply that WinForms is inferior, as it is quite useful for many project kinds and does not require Blend to create your UI.

The essential question is which option is superior in the case of WPF vs WinForms. In terms of scalability and the ability to migrate from one of these two to, say, Windows Universal Application development, the victor is WPF because the Windows Universal Runtime is also designed with XAML, making the transition from WPF to UWP simpler. WinForms is the clear victor in terms of rapidly prototyping and having a working application. It ultimately depends on your project and the GUI design you choose for your application to determine which one is superior; both are well-maintained and of high quality.

WPF is similar to HTML in that the user interface is defined in an XML file (called XAML) utilizing relative measurements and positioning of items. WPF is easier to use than WinForms, which is a typical user interface (UI) framework. However, you may need to learn about data binding and other concepts before you can use it (everything specified in the code, even if designer-generated). Microsoft Blend, which is similar to Dreamweaver for programs, may be used with WPF.

Read More: What are the different ways of Binding in WPF?

Wpf vs winforms: multiple reasons.

Windows Forms, or WinForms, is a programming language used to create graphical user interfaces on computers. Simply put, it's a graphical front-end for desktop programs written in the Microsoft .Net development framework. It makes use of the .Net Framework's managed libraries. It provides the interface for accessing the native Windows graphical interface elements and visuals from managed programs via a comprehensive client library.

A Windows presentation framework is known by its acronym, WPF. In 2006, Microsoft introduced it alongside .Net Framework 3.0. It's a GUI framework for creating programs on Windows. WPF is an integral element of the.net framework and not just a wrapper. It is a hybrid, including both managed and unmanaged components. Every control in a Windows form application is a concrete instance of a class, and Windows forms provide a wrapper consisting of this set of C++ classes for building Windows applications.

Numerous pre-built controls, including text areas, buttons, labels, and even whole websites, are available, and the user can even make their own. To manage the form's controls and arrange them in the desired layout for adding code to handle events, Visual Studio provides a Windows form designer tool. The three main parts of the WPF architecture are the presentation framework, presentation core, and mallcore. While XAML is used to create UI elements, a procedural language can be used to implement behaviors in WPF.

WPF's XAML allows developers and designers to collaborate. WPF is a robust framework for developing Windows applications, and it comes with many useful capabilities such as data binding, media services, templates, animations, Direct3D, and alternative input.

WPF vs WinForms: What to Choose?

WinForms and WPF have greatly influenced the development of Windows and desktop applications. Although they both served the same goal, there were some significant distinctions that made WPF superior to WinForms. WPF has been a framework that endured the test of time and has proven to be a key choice for many tech giants. This blog has covered the key distinctions between WinForms and WPF as well as how each can help with app development.

We also checked out what the experts had to say about WPF versus WinForms and discovered some really helpful insights that make the development process even better!

FAQs for WPF vs WinForms

1. is winforms better than wpf.

WinForms and WPF both are Microsoft-designed frameworks consisting of a unique set of strengths and weaknesses. WPF excels in achieving seamless animation and improved graphic quality. While WinForms can be a better option to build lightweight and responsive UI apps.

2. What is replacing WinForms?

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) a UI framework is replacing WinForms. WinForms was the primary UI framework for creating Windows desktop apps, but WPF replaced WinForms in 2006. WPF is a more modern UI framework built on DirectX providing a visually appealing experience to users.

3. Is WPF Outdated?

Although WPF is a much older technology, WPF is still not outdated . It is still relevant and active in enterprise software development. It continues to be compatible with the latest Windows versions, so at present you can still utilize WPF without any hesitation.

4. Which is easier to use, WinForms or WPF?

In WinForms vs WPF, WinForms remains more user-friendly compared to WPF. The drag-and-drop placement of UI controls makes it easy to program. Moreover, you can utilize multiple resources and support in WinForms.

WPF vs WinForms: Top 6 differences to know for 2023 WPF and WinForms are two excellent Microsoft platforms that made a significant contribution to Windows and desktop app development. Although they both serve the same purpose, the most significant difference to note between them is WPF is not just a layer over the default Windows controls (which is the case in WinForms). Instead, it is one that can be created from scratch and is independent of regular Windows controls. WPF has some incredible features like 2D and 3D animations, media services, styles, typography, graphics, data binding, etc., and uses XAML to declaratively design views. Many IT companies have chosen WPF as their preferred platform for UI development in Windows and web projects since it was a great upgrade over WinForms. Let’s dive further and understand the most significant differences between WinForms and WPF, and how their features would aid in UI development. The biggest difference between WPF and WinForms is their approach to layout and rendering WPF and WinForms are both GUI frameworks that can be used to create applications for the Windows operating system. WPF is newer and was created to address some of the limitations of WinForms. The biggest difference between WinForms vs WPF remains is their approach to layout and rendering. WPF uses a layout system based on XAML files, while WinForms uses procedural code or XML files that are compiled at runtime. This means that WPF applications have a declarative layout system that allows you to define what an application should look like without having to write any code—this can make it easier to build complex user interfaces. Another difference between WPF and WinForms is how they are rendered by the operating system. With WPF, every element in your application is rendered as an object tree in memory; with WinForms, each element is rendered as a native control on top of whatever other controls may already be on the screen (which means there can be conflicts). - Zeeshan Arif, Founder of Whizpool Planning to hire a leading WPF App development company ? Let’s discuss WPF offers a more fluid and intuitive experience when Enterprise app development Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Visual Basic for Applications (WinForms) are two different development frameworks that can be used to create desktop applications. WPF is a completely new platform that was introduced with the release of Windows 8, while WinForms is an older framework that has been around since 2000. Originally developed by Microsoft as part of its efforts to develop user interfaces for netbooks and other mobile devices, WPF offers a more fluid and intuitive experience when developing desktop applications compared to traditional Windows-based programming models like .NET Framework 4 or ASP.NET MVC5. One major advantage of using WPF is its support for vector graphics, making sophisticated interface designs possible without needing additional software tools. On the downside, WinForms does not offer as much flexibility when it comes to designing your application's user interface, and it can be less responsive than rival platforms such as React Native or HTML/CSS/JS Hybrid apps built with Angular JS or VueJS2 respectively. Additionally, because WPF runs in a browser rather than on a dedicated Operating System, windows like those made available through WinForms, you may experience performance issues if your app requires significant processing power or lots of graphical resources. In a nutshell, intuitive experience matters when it comes to WinForms vs WPF. - Sohaib Hasan, Founder of MyTechIsSolved Read More: Will WPF be dead in 2022? Unlike WPF, WinForms cannot be shared between applications Talking about WPF vs WinForms, one major difference you can notice is – WinForm cannot be shared between applications. As its name suggests, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) is a user interface foundation for creating desktop or Windows-based client software. It's the newest method for building user interfaces with the Microsoft .NET framework. It was made to develop Windows Forms, the next generation of Windows-based user interfaces, and Windows Client applications. It has all the capabilities required to design, operate, execute, manage, and handle Windows client applications. Because of its name, WinForms is primarily a graphical user interface (GUI) based approach to the .NET framework. It was the primary API for .NET GUI development before WPF, and Silverlight came along. Creating a standalone application only necessitates a runtime and operating system. In Windows forms, the application setting is another feature to create, store, and preserve information. When designing an application framework, you can use Windows form class inheritance to add abstraction and code reuse by extending the class. The size of forms should be restricted for convenience's sake. Assembly files allow records to be broken down into modular pieces that can be updated independently. The scalability and adaptability of the application are achieved by its layout, which also facilitates debugging and maintenance tasks. Unfortunately, Windows forms cannot be shared between applications. WPF application development may be done with the help of Microsoft technologies like Visual Studio and Expression Blend. The developer often builds WPF applications in Visual Studio, whereas designers choose Blend. - Richard Lubicky, Founder of Realpeoplesearch Looking to hire .NET developers for your business? Connect us WinForms focuses on drag-and-drop UI controls, whereas WPF is a standalone solution WinForms programming is incredibly easy because it only requires the drag-and-drop placement of UI controls on a canvas. It is the previous platform for creating desktop programs. The architecture of WPF, in contrast to WinForms, consists of three main parts, a presentation framework, a presentation core, and a mallcore. WPF is offered as a standalone solution because it does not totally rely on Standard Windows Controls. Another distinguishing feature of WPF over WinForms is the ability to add a Button with an Image. - Dave Chester, Founder of CUSTOM CONTROLS (UK) LTD WPF is better in terms of scalability and migration WinForms and WPF are both .NET Framework GUI application development features. WinForms is somewhat older and has been entirely supplanted by WPF's XAML-based GUI Framework. This does not imply that WinForms is inferior, as it is quite useful for many project kinds and does not require Blend to create your UI. The essential question is which option is superior in the case of WPF vs WinForms. In terms of scalability and the ability to migrate from one of these two to, say, Windows Universal Application development, the victor is WPF because the Windows Universal Runtime is also designed with XAML, making the transition from WPF to UWP simpler. WinForms is the clear victor in terms of rapidly prototyping and having a working application. It ultimately depends on your project and the GUI design you choose for your application to determine which one is superior; both are well-maintained and of high quality. WPF is similar to HTML in that the user interface is defined in an XML file (called XAML) utilizing relative measurements and positioning of items. WPF is easier to use than WinForms, which is a typical user interface (UI) framework. However, you may need to learn about data binding and other concepts before you can use it (everything specified in the code, even if designer-generated). Microsoft Blend, which is similar to Dreamweaver for programs, may be used with WPF. - Vikesh Ram, Founder of Hostingrevelations Read More: What are the different ways of Binding in WPF? WPF vs WinForms: Multiple reasons Windows Forms, or WinForms, is a programming language used to create graphical user interfaces on computers. Simply put, it's a graphical front-end for desktop programs written in the Microsoft .Net development framework. It makes use of the .Net Framework's managed libraries. It provides the interface for accessing the native Windows graphical interface elements and visuals from managed programs via a comprehensive client library. A Windows presentation framework is known by its acronym, WPF. In 2006, Microsoft introduced it alongside .Net Framework 3.0. It's a GUI framework for creating programs on Windows. WPF is an integral element of the.net framework and not just a wrapper. It is a hybrid, including both managed and unmanaged components. Every control in a Windows form application is a concrete instance of a class, and Windows forms provide a wrapper consisting of this set of C++ classes for building Windows applications. Numerous pre-built controls, including text areas, buttons, labels, and even whole websites, are available, and the user can even make their own. To manage the form's controls and arrange them in the desired layout for adding code to handle events, Visual Studio provides a Windows form designer tool. The three main parts of the WPF architecture are the presentation framework, presentation core, and mallcore. While XAML is used to create UI elements, a procedural language can be used to implement behaviors in WPF. WPF's XAML allows developers and designers to collaborate. WPF is a robust framework for developing Windows applications, and it comes with many useful capabilities such as data binding, media services, templates, animations, Direct3D, and alternative input. - Jason Cordes Founder of CocoLoan UK WPF vs WinForms: What to Choose? WinForms and WPF have greatly influenced the development of Windows and desktop applications. Although they both served the same goal, there were some significant distinctions that made WPF superior to WinForms. WPF has been a framework that endured the test of time and has proven to be a key choice for many tech giants. This blog has covered the key distinctions between WinForms and WPF as well as how each can help with app development. We also checked out what the experts had to say about WPF versus WinForms and discovered some really helpful insights that make the development process even better! FAQs for WPF vs WinForms 1. Is WinForms better than WPF? WinForms and WPF both are Microsoft-designed frameworks consisting of a unique set of strengths and weaknesses. WPF excels in achieving seamless animation and improved graphic quality. While WinForms can be a better option to build lightweight and responsive UI apps. 2. What is replacing WinForms? Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) a UI framework is replacing WinForms. WinForms was the primary UI framework for creating Windows desktop apps, but WPF replaced WinForms in 2006. WPF is a more modern UI framework built on DirectX providing a visually appealing experience to users. 3. Is WPF Outdated? Although WPF is a much older technology, WPF is still not outdated. It is still relevant and active in enterprise software development. It continues to be compatible with the latest Windows versions, so at present you can still utilize WPF without any hesitation. 4. Which is easier to use, WinForms or WPF? In WinForms vs WPF, WinForms remains more user-friendly compared to WPF. The drag-and-drop placement of UI controls makes it easy to program. Moreover, you can utilize multiple resources and support in WinForms.

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What is PresentationFontCache.exe and Why is it Running?

If you’re browsing the running tasks on your Windows PC, you may notice a file called PresentationFontCache.exe and wonder why it’s running. We’ll explain what it does and how to make sure it’s malware-free.

If you’re looking at  Task Manager on a Windows computer, you might see  PresentationFontCache.exe running in the background. You might assume it has something to do with fonts. Is it a valid file? Could it be part of malware or a virus ? Great questions. Let’s review what PresentationFontCache.exe is and why it is running. We’ll also discuss whether you should be concerned.

What is PresentationFontCache.exe?

PresentationFontCache.exe is a helper for your computer when you use certain apps. The file is part the .NET Framework. What it does is load information about your computer’s fonts (the way letters and characters look). This way, when you use specific types of apps (like those made with Windows Presentation Foundation), everything works smoothly.

In simple terms, PresentationFontCache.exe is there to make sure fonts look good in certain apps you might use. The fonts in the cache can become corrupted, though. This might cause such apps to use a lot of CPU power. Often, you can fix this by restarting the associated service mentioned further below.

Normally, you find this file in C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.0\WPF . This folder can be different. It all depends on which version of Windows you are running.

It also has a related Windows Service running. Depending on the version of the PresentationFontCache.exe file, the service could have another name. However, it will be similar to  Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0.

Is This File Safe?

The file is typically safe. After all, it is part of the Microsoft .NET Framework. Still, it’s crucial to be aware of potential security and performance concerns:

• Malware Impersonation:   Malicious software can disguise itself using filenames that resemble legitimate system processes. This includes PresentationFontCache.exe. Always ensure that the process is located in the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.0\WPF directory. Later versions might change to 3.1 or 4.0 and so on. You should also make sure it’s digitally signed by Microsoft.
• Resource Usage: In some instances, you might notice PresentationFontCache.exe consuming a significant amount of system resources like CPU. Such behavior might suggest that some fonts in the cache are corrupted and require deletion. As mentioned earlier, a restart of the service Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 usually fixes it. If that doesn’t fix the high CPU usage you might have to delete a font cache file under C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local named FontCache 3.0.0.0.dat and then reboot the computer.

How to Check if the File is Correctly Digitally Signed?

As mentioned, you may need to verify that PresentationFontCache.exe is located in the C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.0\WPF directory first. Depending on which Windows version you run, you might be able to right-click the file in Explorer and look at the Digital Signature tab.

However, that option isn’t always visible in later versions of Windows 11. The following method, using PowerShell, works on all Windows versions. No worries, it is a one-liner that you can easily copy and paste to run.

• Open  PowerShell  (no need to open it elevated)

Get-AuthenticodeSignature -FilePath C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v3.0\WPF\PresentationFontCache.exe | Format-List

• Issuer: CN=Microsoft Windows Production PCA 2011, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US
• Status: Valid
• If the issuer is the above, that indicates Microsoft issued the signing certificate. Next, the Status should read as valid. Those parameters together ensure that you can trust this file.

Don’t Worry, PresentationFontCache.exe Is Usually Perfectly Legit

As discussed, PresentationFontCache.exe is normally a valid Microsoft Windows file. To be safe, just verify the file has the correct digital signature. Also, be sure it runs from the correct folder matching the path to the related Windows Service.

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Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache Process Explained

Written by: Stelian Pilici

Published on: June 29, 2023

When you open the Task Manager on your Windows computer, you may notice a process called “Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache” running in the background. This process, also known as “PresentationFontCache.exe,” is a legitimate component of the Windows operating system. In this article, we will explore why this process is running, its purpose, and whether it is necessary for your system’s performance.

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What is the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache Process?

The Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Font Cache process is responsible for caching fonts used by WPF applications on your computer. WPF is a graphical subsystem in Windows that provides a framework for creating visually stunning user interfaces. It uses fonts extensively to render text in applications.

When you launch a WPF application, the Font Cache process kicks in to improve the performance of font rendering. It preloads and caches the necessary font data, reducing the time it takes to render text on the screen. By caching the fonts, the process ensures that the fonts are readily available for any WPF application, resulting in smoother and faster text rendering.

Why is the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache Process Running?

The Font Cache process runs in the background to optimize the performance of WPF applications. It is a system-level process that starts automatically when you boot up your computer. The process remains active as long as there are WPF applications running or until you shut down your system.

WPF applications, such as Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Cloud, and various other software, rely on the Font Cache process to ensure efficient font rendering. By preloading and caching the fonts, the process eliminates the need for individual applications to load and render fonts every time they are launched. This results in improved performance and responsiveness of WPF applications.

Is the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache Process Necessary?

Yes, the Font Cache process is necessary for the optimal functioning of WPF applications. Without it, font rendering in WPF applications may become slower and less efficient. The process ensures that fonts are readily available, reducing the time it takes to render text on the screen.

However, it is worth noting that the Font Cache process consumes system resources, including CPU and memory. In some cases, it may cause high CPU usage or slow down your computer. If you notice any performance issues, it is recommended to monitor the process and take appropriate action if necessary.

Monitoring and Managing the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache Process

If you suspect that the Font Cache process is causing performance issues on your computer, you can monitor and manage it using the following steps:

• Open the Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc or right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting “Task Manager.”
• Click on the “Processes” tab.
• Scroll down and locate the “PresentationFontCache.exe” process.
• Right-click on the process and select “End Task” to terminate it.

Terminating the Font Cache process will force it to restart the next time you launch a WPF application. This may temporarily alleviate any performance issues caused by the process.

If you frequently experience performance issues related to the Font Cache process, it is recommended to scan your computer for viruses or malware. Malicious software can sometimes disguise itself as legitimate processes, causing system slowdowns or other issues. You can use Malwarebytes Free to scan your system and remove any potential threats.

The Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache process is an essential component of the Windows operating system. It optimizes the performance of WPF applications by preloading and caching fonts, resulting in faster and smoother text rendering. While the process may consume system resources, it is necessary for the optimal functioning of WPF applications.

If you experience any performance issues related to the Font Cache process, you can monitor and manage it using the Task Manager. Additionally, it is always a good practice to scan your computer for viruses or malware to ensure that the process is not being exploited by malicious software.

Understanding the role of the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache process can help you troubleshoot performance issues and ensure the smooth operation of your Windows computer.

Here are 10 basic security tips to help you avoid malware and protect your device:

Use a good antivirus and keep it up-to-date.

It's essential to use a good quality antivirus and keep it up-to-date to stay ahead of the latest cyber threats. We are huge fans of Malwarebytes Premium and use it on all of our devices, including Windows and Mac computers as well as our mobile devices. Malwarebytes sits beside your traditional antivirus, filling in any gaps in its defenses, and providing extra protection against sneakier security threats.

Keep software and operating systems up-to-date.

Keep your operating system and apps up to date. Whenever an update is released for your device, download and install it right away. These updates often include security fixes, vulnerability patches, and other necessary maintenance.

Be careful when installing programs and apps.

Pay close attention to installation screens and license agreements when installing software. Custom or advanced installation options will often disclose any third-party software that is also being installed. Take great care in every stage of the process and make sure you know what it is you're agreeing to before you click "Next."

Install an ad blocker.

Use a browser-based content blocker, like AdGuard . Content blockers help stop malicious ads, Trojans, phishing, and other undesirable content that an antivirus product alone may not stop.

Be careful what you download.

A top goal of cybercriminals is to trick you into downloading malware—programs or apps that carry malware or try to steal information. This malware can be disguised as an app: anything from a popular game to something that checks traffic or the weather.

Be alert for people trying to trick you.

Whether it's your email, phone, messenger, or other applications, always be alert and on guard for someone trying to trick you into clicking on links or replying to messages. Remember that it's easy to spoof phone numbers, so a familiar name or number doesn't make messages more trustworthy.

Back up your data.

Back up your data frequently and check that your backup data can be restored. You can do this manually on an external HDD/USB stick, or automatically using backup software. This is also the best way to counter ransomware. Never connect the backup drive to a computer if you suspect that the computer is infected with malware.

Choose strong passwords.

Use strong and unique passwords for each of your accounts. Avoid using personal information or easily guessable words in your passwords. Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on your accounts whenever possible.

Be careful where you click.

Be cautious when clicking on links or downloading attachments from unknown sources. These could potentially contain malware or phishing scams.

Don't use pirated software.

Avoid using Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file-sharing programs, keygens, cracks, and other pirated software that can often compromise your data, privacy, or both.

To avoid potential dangers on the internet, it's important to follow these 10 basic safety rules. By doing so, you can protect yourself from many of the unpleasant surprises that can arise when using the web.

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Error message or high CPU utilization when running a WPF-based application

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This article helps you resolve the problem where you receive a FileFormatException or ArgumentOutOfRangeException error message in a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)-based program when the WPF-based program processes text.

Applies to:   Windows Presentation Foundation Original KB number:   937135

When you run a WPF-based application in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0, you may receive a FileFormatException error or an ArgumentOutofRangeException error. The error occurs when the WPF-based application starts to process text. For example, you may receive a FileFormatException error message that resembles the following:

file:///filepath/file_name file does not conform to the expected file format specification.

In this error message, file_name is typically the file name for a font. Additionally, the application consumes up to 100 percent CPU time.

When looking in Task Manager or other tools, PresentationFontCache.exe consumes 50% or more of available processor time.

This issue occurs if video drivers overwrite the data in the font cache that is stored in memory.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

Exit all WPF-based applications that are running on the computer.

Stop the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service. To stop the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Use Microsoft Management Console

• Click Start , click Run , type Services.msc , and then click OK .
• Right-click Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 , and then click Stop .

Method 2: Use the command prompt

• Click Start , click Run , type cmd , and then click OK .
• At the command prompt, type net stop "Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0" , and then press ENTER .

Delete the old Fontcache3.0.0.0.dat file.

By default, the Fontcache3.0.0.0.dat file is located in the %windir%\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local folder in Windows Vista. By default, the Fontcache3.0.0.0.dat file is located in the %systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data folder in Windows XP and in earlier versions of Windows.

Update the video card drivers. To do this, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Use Windows Update Catalog

To update the video card drivers, check for updates in the Windows Update Catalog. For more information about how to download drivers from the Windows Update Catalog, see How to download updates that include drivers and hotfixes from the Windows Update Catalog .

Method 2: Download and then install the latest video card drivers

To download and install the latest video card drivers, contact the computer or the video hardware manufacturer.

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If the video card drivers overwrite the data in the font cache that is stored in memory, the corrupted data may be saved to the hard disk as a data file. Therefore, you may experience the issue that is described in the Symptoms section when another WPF-based application tries to read the corrupted data file.

After you update the video card drivers and after you delete the Fontcache3.0.0.0.dat file, a new font cache data file is created based on the new computer configuration. This new font cache data file is created when the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service is stopped. Typically, the new font cache data file is created when the computer is shut down or restarted.

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