2. Mahesh Krishnan (@MaheshKrishnan) Principal Consultant Readify Expression Blend for Developers SESSION CODE: #WEB305

3. AgendaWhat are we going to look at Introduction Walkthrough of Expression Blend Getting a consistent look and feel Styling, Templating Animation Data Related Data binding, Sample data

4. What does Expression Blend do? <Button Content="Hello World!" Height="50" Width="150" />

6. Setting properties

7. Looking at Blend specific shapes/controls

8. Adding effects

10. StylesApplying a Style Set using Styleproperty using the StaticResource mark-up in XAML: <TextBlock Text="Hello World" Style="{StaticResource Style1}" />

11. TemplatesChanging the look of a control Allows you to change the complete appearance of the control Like Style, created as a resource: <Application.Resources> <ControlTemplate x:Key="myBtn" TargetType="Button"> ... </ControlTemplate> < /Application.Resources>

12. TemplatesApplying a template Set using Templateproperty in XAML: <Button Content=“Click Me!" Template="{StaticResourceMyTemplate}" />

13. The States and Parts ModelExample of States - Button Normal Mouse Over Pressed Disabled

14. The State and Parts ModelExample of Parts- Slider

16. Creating a template

17. Setting States

19. Animation BasicsStoryBoard StoryBoardis a container for animation Can be used to manage the timeline, and perform activities like start, pause, and stop

21. Easing Functions

24. Creating Sample Data

25. Creating a Master/Detail binding

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