Find out how to use type convertors and markup extensions to convert XAML properties to .NET properties and create, organize, and consume XAML resources.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching
- How to use the exercise files
- Explore the concepts of type converters
- Use some type converters
- Create a custom type converter
- A markup extension and how it compares to a type converter
- Use some common markup extensions
- Create a custom markup extension
- Add parameters to a custom markup extension
- Types of resources
- XAML resources and ResourceDictionaries
- The Resources property
- Use resource with the StaticResource markup extensions
- Styles in resources
- Colors in resources
- Data and templates in resources
- Explore the resource hierarchy
- Create Resources with the Properties window
- A quick look at merged resources
- Use the Pack URI to locate resource files
- Load a resource file for dynamic application UI
- Next steps
Taught by
Walt Ritscher
