Summary: Avalon - the presentation subsystem in Longhorn

Wiki
* GettingStartedWithXAML
* Unofficial3DFileFormat


External Articles
* Inside Avalon: The Blinking Lights Division
* Blog Reader a la XAML
* The Avalon Threading Story
* Vector Graphics and Declarative Animation with Avalon – the Analog Clock
* Understanding Dependency Object and Dependency Property

External Presentations & Webcasts
* PDC: Tablet PC Enabled Applications_files/Default.htm#nopreload=1&autostart=1 Learn how ink integrates into the Windows Presentation Foundation (formerly codename "Avalon") and what the new and improved recognition APIs can do. When using the Windows Presentation Foundation, the stylus is a premier input device adjacent to the keyboard and mouse, ink is a core data type, and several ink controls are built in. The ink analysis API unifies layout analysis (e.g., distinction of drawing, words, paragraphs, etc.) and ink to text recognition under a single API, in addition to improvements in accuracy and supported structures (e.g., bulleted lists and call outs). The combination of these advances and the expansion into touch digitizers enables new scenarios.
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