Vista - more questions on XAML to C# translation

Can anyone explain how to translate:

<Button>
<Button.LayoutTransform>
<ScaleTransform ScaleX=".5" ScaleY=".5" />
</Button.LayoutTransform>


<Rectangle Width="300" Height="300">
<Rectangle.Fill>
<VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=MainWindow}" />
</Rectangle.Fill>
</Rectangle>
</Button>

into C#? I'm actually only specifically referring to the <VisualBrush
Visual="{Binding ElementName=MainWindow}" /> line. Everything else is
no problem, but it always seems rather difficult to figure out how to
take the arbitrary string syntax with the brackets and map that onto
..NET objects.

Thanks,
Jason

Jason Dolinger wrote:

> Can anyone explain how to translate:
>
> <Button>
> <Button.LayoutTransform>
> <ScaleTransform ScaleX=".5" ScaleY=".5" />
> </Button.LayoutTransform>
> <Rectangle Width="300" Height="300">
> <Rectangle.Fill>
> <VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=MainWindow}" />
> </Rectangle.Fill>
> </Rectangle>
> </Button>
> into C#? I'm actually only specifically referring to the <VisualBrush
> Visual="{Binding ElementName=MainWindow}" /> line. Everything else is
> no problem, but it always seems rather difficult to figure out how to
> take the arbitrary string syntax with the brackets and map that onto
> .NET objects.

Construct a VisualBrush, set it's Visual property to any Visual instance
and apply the brush to whatever you want to paint with the visual:

VisualBrush brush = new VisualBrush();
brush.Visual = someCanvasWithLotsOfStuffOnIt;

someRectangle.Fill = brush;

HTH,
Drew

___________________________________
Drew Marsh
Chief Software Architect
Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com
Microsoft C# / WPF MVP
Weblog - http://blog.hackedbrain.com/

Drew Marsh wrote:
> Jason Dolinger wrote:
>
>> Can anyone explain how to translate:
>>
>> <Button>
>> <Button.LayoutTransform>
>> <ScaleTransform ScaleX=".5" ScaleY=".5" />
>> </Button.LayoutTransform>
>> <Rectangle Width="300" Height="300">
>> <Rectangle.Fill>
>> <VisualBrush Visual="{Binding ElementName=MainWindow}" />
>> </Rectangle.Fill>
>> </Rectangle>
>> </Button>
>> into C#? I'm actually only specifically referring to the <VisualBrush
>> Visual="{Binding ElementName=MainWindow}" /> line. Everything else is
>> no problem, but it always seems rather difficult to figure out how to
>> take the arbitrary string syntax with the brackets and map that onto
>> .NET objects.
>
>
> Construct a VisualBrush, set it's Visual property to any Visual instance
> and apply the brush to whatever you want to paint with the visual:
>
> VisualBrush brush = new VisualBrush();
> brush.Visual = someCanvasWithLotsOfStuffOnIt;
>
> someRectangle.Fill = brush;
>
> HTH,
> Drew
>
> ___________________________________
> Drew Marsh
> Chief Software Architect
> Mimeo.com, Inc. - http://www.mimeo.com
> Microsoft C# / WPF MVP
> Weblog - http://blog.hackedbrain.com/
>
>
Thank Drew, that works. I thought I'd have to use a Binding object in
some way, but this works fine.