Want to find out more about Avalon (Windows Presentation Foundation)? There’s a great writeup here on
MSDN which outlines the basics and shows some examples of how it can be used. Specifically,
WPF exposes the following set of services:
| Base Services | XAML, Property System, Input & Eventing, Accessibility |
| Media Services | 2D, 3D, Audio, Video, Text, Imaging, Animation, Effects, Composition Engine |
| Document Services | XPS Documents, Open Packaging Conventions |
| User Interface Services | Application Services, Deployment, Controls, Layout, Data Binding |
and is going to be the basis for Microsoft technologies going forward into the Vista
timeframe. Check
it out