From the course: Windows Presentation Foundation: 1 Build Dramatic Desktop Applications

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Showcase some WPF features

Showcase some WPF features

From the course: Windows Presentation Foundation: 1 Build Dramatic Desktop Applications

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Showcase some WPF features

- [Instructor] I want to show you an example of a WPF application that showcases some of the features of WPF, and shows you some things that are different in this desktop application tool. To do that, I'll run this application here in my Exercise file folder called LoginApp.exe. I'm not suggesting that you build an application that uses these principles, but this is a demonstration app that lets me show you some interesting things about WPF. For one, you can see that this window is transparent, I can see through this. This was something that was very difficult to do in Windows Forms. I've got some drop shadows here behind the Login text. You'll also notice that the text boxes are transparent, too. Let's watch it again, you probably saw the animation, but keep your eye on it. You'll know it's coming this time. I'll rerun the application, keep your eye on the animation. There's two animations. I move these circles into the upper corner, and there was a flipping animation here. Now…

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