From Windows Forms to WinRT - Rockford Lhotka
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Windows Kernel Services
Win32 API WinRT API
.NET 4.5 Client/Full
C#
VB
Silverlight 4 / 5
C#
VB C++
MFC
ATL
Browser
Application Model
COM DirectX Devices / Printing
XAML HTML
WinJS C++ .NET
4.5 WinRT
C#
VB
Dire
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XAML
Windows 8 Development Platform
JavaScript
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OOB
HTML
JavaScript
Chakra
Chakra
Communications Graphics & Media Data
COM GDI+ Devices / Printing
DCOM DirectX File system
Windows Kernel Services
.NET 4.5 Client/Full
C#
VB
Silverlight 4 / 5
C#
VB
HTML
C++
MFC
ATL
Browser
XAML HTML
C++ .NET
4.5 WinRT
C#
VB
Dire
ctX
XAML
Windows Forms in Windows 8
JavaScript
Dire
ctX
GD
I+
Win
dow
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Fo
rms
OOB
WinJS
Chakra
JavaScript
Chakra
Win32 API WinRT API
Application Model
COM DirectX Devices / Printing
Communications Graphics & Media Data
COM GDI+ Devices / Printing
DCOM DirectX File system
Windows Kernel Services
.NET 4.5 Client/Full
C#
VB
Silverlight 4 / 5
C#
VB
HTML
C++
MFC
ATL
Browser
XAML HTML
C++ .NET
4.5 WinRT
C#
VB
Dire
ctX
XAML
WinRT .NET Apps in Windows 8
JavaScript
Dire
ctX
GD
I+
Win
dow
s
Fo
rms
OOB
JavaScript
Chakra WinJS
Chakra
Win32 API WinRT API
Application Model
COM DirectX Devices / Printing
Communications Graphics & Media Data
COM GDI+ Devices / Printing
DCOM DirectX File system
Win
7
Win
8
WinRT Desktop
Windows
Forms WPF Silverlight XAML HTML HTML
C#/VB C#/VB C#/VB ASP.NET C#/VB JavaScript
Windows
Forms WPF Silverlight HTML
C#/VB C#/VB C#/VB ASP.NET
Little to no effort
Reasonable effort
Reasonable effort with limitations and prep
Skills and some code assets transfer
Window Forms
VB
C#
UI
Forms Data
DataSet Objects
WinRT
VB
C#
js
UI
XAML
HTML
Data
Objects
Primary Areas of Concern
XAML
DataSet
Data binding
Asynchronous behaviors
Sandbox environment
Application model / lifecycle
Navigation
XAML
• Styles, templates = total control
• Animations, storyboards
• Visual state manager
More expressive than WinForms
• Looks similar to HTML
• Acts like a compiled language
• Language is declarative
Explicit “markup” language
DataSet
Replace with collections
ObservableCollection<T>
INotifyPropertyChanged
Data Binding
INotifyPropertyChanged
ObservableCollection<T>
INotifyDataErrorInfo
Asynchronous Behaviors
Data access
File access
Server access
More…
Sandbox Environment
Limited access to
local resources
Limited network access
Limited use of reflection
Application Lifecycle
Activation
Suspend
Deactivation
Termination
OnLaunched OnSuspended
Navigation
OS Move between apps with gesture
Handled by Windows
App Move between views with buttons
Use navigation framework
View Move between sub-displays with buttons
Custom implementation
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