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We think - cautiously - that WPF is a better platform for client tool development than Windows Forms. This blog gives 10 reasons why.
- 10 reasons why WPF is better than Windows Forms
- WPF Forms are Quicker to Create
- Flow Layout Trumps Absolute Positioning
- WPF Works for Websites
- Styles are Much Better in WPF
- WPF is (I think) the Way of the Future
- Better Data Binding
- Selecting Controls in the Document Outline Window
- Triggers
- StoryBoards and Animations (this blog)
- Drawing!
Posted by Andy Brown on 25 September 2012
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9 - StoryBoards and Animations
This is where WPF stops being a productive business tool, and starts being fun. You can download the window used by this page here.
In this window, clicking on the Start button will make the ball travel to and fro across the window, and also make the word Bounce gradually build up across the bottom of the window.
Here's the storyboard at the heart of this which makes the ball move:
Change the Left property of the object called Ball to 200 pixels, taking 1.4 seconds to do it.
When the animation is complete we reverse it automatically, and repeat this animation forever.
Animations in WPF look nice because everything is drawn and scaled correctly. This is because WPF uses vector graphics - which brings us to our 10th and final advantage.
- 10 reasons why WPF is better than Windows Forms
- WPF Forms are Quicker to Create
- Flow Layout Trumps Absolute Positioning
- WPF Works for Websites
- Styles are Much Better in WPF
- WPF is (I think) the Way of the Future
- Better Data Binding
- Selecting Controls in the Document Outline Window
- Triggers
- StoryBoards and Animations (this blog)
- Drawing!