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WindowHeight property, 76
WindowLeft property, 76
<Window.Resources> element, 1149

Windows collection, 1016
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), 867
Window’s constructor, 1060
Windows Distributed interNet Applications
Architecture (DNA) deficiencies, 5–6
Windows Forms, 556–557, 999
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), 955,
1318. See also Application type; Window
object
assemblies
overview, 1005
role of Application class, 1006
role of Window class, 1006–1011
building WPF applications using Visual Studio
2008, 1044–1048
building XAML-free WPF applications
creating simple user interface, 1013–1015,
1021
extending Window class type, 1013
overview, 1011–1013
controlling content layout using panels, 1108
Extensible Application Markup Language
(XAML)
attached properties, 1038–1039
Browser Applications (XBAPs), 1004
defining application object in, 1023, 1033
defining MainWindow in, 1022–1023
elements and attributes, 1035
experimenting with using XamlPad, 1032
markup extensions, 1039–1041

overview, 1021–1022
processing at runtime, 1048–1052
processing XAML files via msbuild.exe,
1023–1024
property-element syntax, 1036–1037
type converters, 1039
motivation behind
overview, 999–1000
providing optimized rendering model, 1001
providing separation of concerns via XAML,
1001
separation of concerns using code-behind files,
1029–1030
transforming markup into .NET assembly
mapping XAML to C# code, 1025–1026
overview, 1025
role of Binary Application Markup Language
(BAML), 1026–1028
XAML-to-assembly process summary,
1028–1029, 1052
Windows property, Application type, 1006
Windows Vista operating system, 1001
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
assemblies and core namespaces, 924
brief word regarding custom activities, 951–952

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WcfTestClient.exe application, 915
web applications in ASP.NET, 1203–1204, 1207
web controls in ASP.NET, 1207–1209

web enhancements, .NET 3.5, 1178
web page code model, ASP.NET, 1179, 1181
web paradigm, 1177
web parts, 1178
Web Service Description Language (WSDL), 895
Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0, 873
Web Site template, 1190
web-centric primer, 1177
Web.config, ASP.NET, 1204, 1269–1270
Web.config file, 878, 913–914, 1163, 1178, 1188,
1191, 1203–1204, 1271–1272, 1274
WebControl class properties, ASP.NET, 1213
WebDev.WebServer.exe utility, 1166–1167, 1178,
1183
WebMethod attribute, 543, 870
WebService directive, 871
WebServiceFaultActivity, WF, 921
WebServiceInputActivity, WF, 921
WebServiceOutputActivity, WF, 921
website administration utility, ASP.NET, 1205–1206
website directory structure, ASP.NET, 1190
Web.sitemap file, 1219
where keyword, generics, 335
Where( ) method, 461
where operator, 463, 466
Where<T>( ) method, 461
While activity, 928–930
while loop, 101, 795
WhileActivity, WF, 921
widening, 95

widgets, 1169, 1248
Width member, 1061
Width property, 1085, 1137, 1213
Width value, 1087
Win 32 binaries (*.dll or *.exe), 11
Win32 file header in assemblies, 482
Window class
overview, 1006–1007
System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl base
class, 1007–1008
System.Windows.Controls.Control base class,
1008–1009
System.Windows.DependencyObject base class,
1010
System.Windows.Media.Visual base class, 1010
System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
base class, 1011
System.Windows.UIElement base class, 1010
Window object
closing of, 1018–1019
lifetime of, 1017–1018
Window type, 1083, 1094, 1103, 1113, 1118
<Window> element, 1022, 1032, 1084, 1113, 1154
Window1 type, 1108
Window-derived type, 1121

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building blocks of
getting into flow of workflow, 925–926
integrated services of WF, 919
overview, 918–919
role of sequential workflows and state
machine workflows, 921–923
WF activities, 920–921
building reusable code library, 948–951
building simple workflow-enabled application
adding Code activity, 927–928
adding custom start-up parameters, 931–935
adding While activity, 928–930
initial workflow code, 926–927
overview, 926
WF engine hosting code, 930–931
invoking web services within workflows,
934–935
motivation behind, 917–918
overview, 917

Windows Workflow toolbox, 920
Windows XP Home Edition and ASP.NET,
1166–1167
WindowsBase.dll assembly, WPF, 1005
Windows.Forms coding, 977
WindowsFormsDataTableViewer application, 799
WindowState property, 972
WindowTop property, 76
WindowWidth property, 76
WinFormsClientApp.cs file, 1328
Wizard definition, 1229
Wizard web control, 1228
worker thread, 562
WorkflowCompleted event, WorkflowRuntime, 931
workflow-enabled application, 918
WorkflowInstance core type, 930
WorkflowRuntime core type, 930
WorkflowTerminated event, WorkflowRuntime, 931
WrapPanel control, 1056, 1085, 1088
<WrapPanel> element, 1114
Write( ) method, 676, 678, 682, 1189, 1199
WriteAllBytes( ) method, 674
WriteAllLines( ) method, 674
WriteAllText( ) method, 674
WriteFile( ) method, 70, 153, 678, 1199
write-only class properties, 171
WriteOnly keyword, 165, 171
write-only property, 171
WriteTextToIsoStorage( ) method, 707
WriteXml( ) method, 796

WriteXmlSchema( ) method, 796
writing to a text file, 679
wsdl utility, 1322
wsdl.exe command-line tool, 872
WSDualHttpBinding class, 882
WSDualHttpBinding option, 881
WSFederationHttpBinding class, 882

WSFederationHttpBinding option, 881
WSHttpBinding class, 905
WSHttpBinding option, 881
WSHttpBinding protocol, 882, 901

X
X or x string format, .NET, 78
X property, 976
*.xaml file, 1024, 1028, 1055, 1129
XamlPad, 1031–1032
XAttribute member, 859
XAttributes object, 859
x/COL/Type markup extension, 1151
XComment member, 859
Xcopy deployment, 499
XDeclaration member, 859
XDocument member, 859
XDocument type, 860
XElement member, 858
XElement parameter, 864
XElement type, 860
XElement.Descendants( ) method, 863

XElement.Load( ) method, 863
XElements object, 859
XML
and ADO.NET, 731
/doc compiler flag, 179
documentation elements, 177
documenting VB 2005 source code via, 176–180
source code documentation, 176–177
*.xml file, 179, 1114
XmlDataProvider type, 1114
XmlElement type, 1115
xmlns attribute, 1168
XmlReader/XmlWriter models, 858
XmlSerializer, 716, 720–722
XName/XNamespace member, 859
XPath bindings, 1114
xPos member variable, 437
xsd utility, 1322
xsp2 utility, 1322

Y
y operators, 448
Y property, 976
yetAnotherPoint variable, 437
yield keyword, 292–293
yPos member variable, 437