Flow Documents
Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) giving another option, "to the developers
to display content" that is Flow Documents. Flow Documents are aimed at screen
reading and provide a more dynamic and arguably more sophisticated model. Flow
Documents work for almost everything related to text content, from product
descriptions to entire books.
WPF is a massive step forward for Windows client development, and delivers a
super-rich .NET UI framework that integrates vector graphics, rich flow text
support, and 3D visualization with a powerful control model framework.
Flow document content, as I mentioned before, is a new feature of WPF. In its
simplest form, the following code creates a flow document.
Example of an Flow Document
<Window
x:Class="WpfFlowDocuments.Window1"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Title="A
Flow Document" Height="300"
Width="500">
<Window.Resources>
<Style
x:Key="CodeListing">
<Setter
Property="Paragraph.Background"
Value="LightGray"/>
</Style>
<Style
x:Key="FloatingContent">
<Setter
Property="Paragraph.Foreground"
Value="Navy" />
<Setter
Property="Paragraph.Background"
Value="Gray" />
</Style>
<Style
TargetType="{x:Type
TableCell}">
<Setter
Property="Padding"
Value="5"/>
</Style>
</Window.Resources>
<FlowDocumentReader>
<FlowDocument>
<Section
FontSize="14pt">
<Paragraph
TextAlignment="Left"
Background="LightBlue">
<Bold>How
to create a ToolTip in WPF</Bold>
</Paragraph>
</Section>
<Section>
<Paragraph
Background="Yellow">
By Manish Tewatia
</Paragraph>
</Section>
<Section>
<Paragraph>
ToolTip is a ContentControl, is actually just a container like a panel or
grid and pretty much anything that you can put into a container you can now use
in a tooltip. It is a very important part of any modern software. It helps and
suggests what to do with any user interaction item control or what a particular
content or legends means.
You use a ToolTip control to provide
information to the user. For example, you can use a ToolTip to provide the
name of a Button or a ToolBar in a ToolBarTray. You can also tweak various
timing settings to control how quickly tooltips appear and disappear. The
easiest way to show a tooltip doesn't involve using the ToolTip class
directly. Instead, you simply set the ToolTip property of your element.
The ToolTip property is defined in the
FrameworkElement class, so it's available on anything you'll place in a WPF
window.
Example of an simple ToolTip
<Image
Source="tool.gif" />
</Paragraph>
</Section>
</FlowDocument>
</FlowDocumentReader>
</Window>
Output Window
Conclusion
Hope this article helps you understand the flow documents in WPF.