WPF: 3.5 Servicing Release

QuickLink: http://sessions.visitmix.com/, search for Session: T11.

Mix08 Session T11

A lot of what you are currently missing in WPF will come with .net Framework 3.5 “Servicing Release”:

  • Container Recycling for ItemsControl (as base class)
  • DeferredScrolling (in TreeView)
    • don’t know if I will ever use it
  • DataGrid (new)
  • Value formating without value converter
    • you know String.Format()?, use it in a declarative way<g>
  • Effects
    • great looking HW interaction with shaders
  • WriteableBitmap
    • writeable surface which is completly integrated in the WPF rendering pipeline
  • DXInterop
    • Might become a killer feature. (At least team-mediaportal.com would have had some use for it)

Check out Rob Relyea’s session “What is new in WPF 3.5 and Beyond” to get a feeling for all the new features coming. Bits are currently not available for download.

 - tobias

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