Vista - Hosting a XAML page within a Winform.

Sure thing. Note that this XAML works great in it's own form. It is when its
control is being hosted in a WinForm running 1.1 that things don't work.

Is this a bug? Or something I'm doing?



<UserControl x:Class="HostingWpfUserControlInWf.UserControl1"

xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/avalon/2005"

xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/xaml/2005"

>

<UserControl.FixedTemplate>

<Border Background="White">

<StackPanel Margin="30" HorizontalAlignment="Left" MinWidth="500">

<TextBlock>Storyboard Animation Example</TextBlock>

<!-- The width of this button is animated. -->

<Button Name="myWidthAnimatedButton"

Height="30" Width="200" HorizontalAlignment="Left">

A Button

<Button.Triggers>

<!-- Animates the width of the first button

from 200 to 300. -->

<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Button.Click">

<BeginStoryboard>

<Storyboard>

<DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="myWidthAnimatedButton"

Storyboard.TargetProperty="(Button.Width)"

From="200" To="300" Duration="0:0:3" />

</Storyboard>

</BeginStoryboard>

</EventTrigger>

</Button.Triggers>

</Button>

<!-- The color of the brush used to paint this button is animated. -->

<Button Height="30" Width="200"

HorizontalAlignment="Left">

Another Button

<Button.Background>

<SolidColorBrush x:Name="myAnimatedBrush" Color="Blue" />

</Button.Background>

<Button.Triggers>

<!-- Animates the color of the brush used to paint

the second button from red to blue . -->

<EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Button.Click">

<BeginStoryboard>

<Storyboard>

<ColorAnimation

Storyboard.TargetName="myAnimatedBrush"

Storyboard.TargetProperty="(SolidColorBrush.Color)"

From="Red" To="Blue" Duration="0:0:7" />

</Storyboard>

</BeginStoryboard>

</EventTrigger>

</Button.Triggers>

</Button>

</StackPanel>

</Border>



<!--<Grid>

--><!-- Place a Label control at the top of the view. --><!--

<Label

HorizontalAlignment="Center"

TextBlock.TextAlignment="Center"

FontSize="20"

Foreground="Red"

Content="Model: Cone"/>

--><!-- Viewport3D is the rendering surface. --><!--

<Viewport3D Name="myViewport" >

--><!-- Add a camera. --><!--

<Viewport3D.Camera>

<PerspectiveCamera

FarPlaneDistance="20"

LookDirection="0,0,1"

UpDirection="0,1,0"

NearPlaneDistance="1"

Position="0,0,-3"

FieldOfView="45" />

</Viewport3D.Camera>

--><!-- Add models. --><!--

<Viewport3D.Children>

<ModelVisual3D>

<ModelVisual3D.Content>

<Model3DGroup >

<Model3DGroup.Children>

--><!-- Lights, MeshGeometry3D and DiffuseMaterial objects are added to the
ModelVisual3D. --><!--

<DirectionalLight Color="#FFFFFFFF" Direction="3,-4,5" />

--><!-- Define a red cone. --><!--

<GeometryModel3D>

<GeometryModel3D.Geometry>

<MeshGeometry3D

Positions="0.293893 -0.5 0.404509 0.475528 -0.5 0.154509 0 0.5 0
0.475528 -0.5 0.154509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0.475528 -0.5 0.154509
0.475528 -0.5 -0.154509 0 0.5 0 0.475528 -0.5 -0.154509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0
0.475528 -0.5 -0.154509 0.293893 -0.5 -0.404509 0 0.5 0
0.293893 -0.5 -0.404509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0.293893 -0.5 -0.404509 0 -0.5 -0.5
0 0.5 0 0 -0.5 -0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0 -0.5 -0.5 -0.293893 -0.5 -0.404509 0
0.5 0 -0.293893 -0.5 -0.404509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5
0 -0.293893 -0.5 -0.404509 -0.475528 -0.5 -0.154509 0 0.5
0 -0.475528 -0.5 -0.154509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5
0 -0.475528 -0.5 -0.154509 -0.475528 -0.5 0.154509 0 0.5 0 -0.475528 -0.5
0.154509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 -0.475528 -0.5 0.154509 -0.293892 -0.5 0.404509 0
0.5 0 -0.293892 -0.5 0.404509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 -0.293892 -0.5 0.404509 0 -0.5
0.5 0 0.5 0 0 -0.5 0.5 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 0 -0.5 0.5 0.293893 -0.5 0.404509 0
0.5 0 0.293893 -0.5 0.404509 0 0.5 0 0 0.5 0 "

Normals="0.7236065,0.4472139,0.5257313 0.2763934,0.4472138,0.8506507
0.5308242,0.4294462,0.7306172 0.2763934,0.4472138,0.8506507
0,0.4294458,0.9030925 0.5308242,0.4294462,0.7306172
0.2763934,0.4472138,0.8506507 -0.2763934,0.4472138,0.8506507
0,0.4294458,0.9030925 -0.2763934,0.4472138,0.8506507 -0.5308242,0.4294462,0.7306172
0,0.4294458,0.9030925 -0.2763934,0.4472138,0.8506507 -0.7236065,0.4472139,0.5257313
-0.5308242,0.4294462,0.7306172 -0.7236065,0.4472139,0.5257313 -0.858892,0.429446,0.279071
-0.5308242,0.4294462,0.7306172 -0.7236065,0.4472139,0.5257313 -0.8944269,0.4472139,0
-0.858892,0.429446,0.279071 -0.8944269,0.4472139,0 -0.858892,0.429446,-0.279071
-0.858892,0.429446,0.279071 -0.8944269,0.4472139,0 -0.7236065,0.4472139,-0.5257313
-0.858892,0.429446,-0.279071 -0.7236065,0.4472139,-0.5257313 -0.5308242,0.4294462,-0.7306172
-0.858892,0.429446,-0.279071 -0.7236065,0.4472139,-0.5257313 -0.2763934,0.4472138,-0.8506507
-0.5308242,0.4294462,-0.7306172 -0.2763934,0.4472138,-0.8506507
0,0.4294458,-0.9030925 -0.5308242,0.4294462,-0.7306172 -0.2763934,0.4472138,-0.8506507
0.2763934,0.4472138,-0.8506507 0,0.4294458,-0.9030925
0.2763934,0.4472138,-0.8506507 0.5308249,0.4294459,-0.7306169
0,0.4294458,-0.9030925 0.2763934,0.4472138,-0.8506507
0.7236068,0.4472141,-0.5257306 0.5308249,0.4294459,-0.7306169
0.7236068,0.4472141,-0.5257306 0.8588922,0.4294461,-0.27907
0.5308249,0.4294459,-0.7306169 0.7236068,0.4472141,-0.5257306
0.8944269,0.4472139,0 0.8588922,0.4294461,-0.27907 0.8944269,0.4472139,0
0.858892,0.429446,0.279071 0.8588922,0.4294461,-0.27907
0.8944269,0.4472139,0 0.7236065,0.4472139,0.5257313
0.858892,0.429446,0.279071 0.7236065,0.4472139,0.5257313
0.5308242,0.4294462,0.7306172 0.858892,0.429446,0.279071 "
TriangleIndices="0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 " />

</GeometryModel3D.Geometry>

<GeometryModel3D.Material>

<DiffuseMaterial>

<DiffuseMaterial.Brush>

<SolidColorBrush

Color="Red"

Opacity="1.0"/>

</DiffuseMaterial.Brush>

</DiffuseMaterial>

</GeometryModel3D.Material>

</GeometryModel3D>

</Model3DGroup.Children>

</Model3DGroup>

</ModelVisual3D.Content>

</ModelVisual3D>

</Viewport3D.Children>

</Viewport3D>

</Grid>-->

</UserControl.FixedTemplate>



</UserControl>



The name lookup doesn't happen until the animation starts. Could you show
me the xaml you're using? Thanks.

-Nick Kramer [MSFT]
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickkramer

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"Jason" <Jason.Ipock@eclipsys.com> wrote in message
news:OCqlgvDKGHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Don't you know what "choke" means?!
>
> Seriously, sorry about that. I hate it when clients tell me stuff like
> that and I need clarification too.
>
> For proof-of-concept, I am using the "Animate an Element's Size" sample
> from the SDK. It loads fine. but when I trigger the animation, the
> following error appears>
>
> System.InvalidOperationException: The name 'myWidthAnimatedButton' could
> not be resolved in the name scope of 'System.Windows.Controls.Button'.
>
> Similar errors (XYZ can not be resolved in scope of ...) occur. This XAML
> works perfectly in XAMLPad. The XAML "builds" when compiling the DLL. It
> initially shows correctly as well. It's only when the animation starts
> does this stuff happen.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
> "Nick Kramer [MSFT]" <nkramer@ms.spam> wrote in message
> news:Om9K1XDKGHA.3728@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> What does "chokes" mean? Choppy animation? That's a limitation of
>> WinForms (and anything else hwnd-based) -- WPF is good animating WPF, but
>> WinForms just isn't capable of drawing fast enough for good animation.
>>
>> --
>> -Nick Kramer [MSFT]
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/nickkramer
>>
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>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified
>> at http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
>>
>>
>> "Jason" <Jason.Ipock@eclipsys.com> wrote in message
>> news:OR4lvQDKGHA.2088@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>> Afternoon,
>>>
>>> I have just successfully coded a XAML page that is hosted within a
>>> winform. This is a proof of concept program that i am working on. I'm
>>> forced, by the archetecture of the main application, to have a piece of
>>> XAML hosted and compiled within a UserControl (both of which are .NET
>>> Framework 2.0) and that last user control is being placed on a WinForm
>>> run from the 1.1 Framework. It actually works well and responds to
>>> events. However, the application 'chokes' when I try any kind of an
>>> animation.
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction to figure out why this is
>>> happening? or anyone have any bright ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>