WPF XAML Hello World!

WinWrap® Basic is an embedded language control available for .NET/COM 32/64 bit Windows applications. The WinWrap® Basic Component is compatible with VBA, Sax Basic, VB.NET and Visual Basic 6.0 style scripts.

Display custom WPF XAML UI Dialogs from WinWrap® Basic scripts. Incorporate any WPF control. Show custom user interfaces for specific clients.

Use Custom WPF XAML UI Forms with your WinWrap® Basic Application

Utilize any Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) UI Control
Works with .NET, WPF, and COM applications
Dynamically display custom WPF UI from XAML description code
Implement custom user interfaces for specific clients
Enable power users to implement their own custom interfaces
Access host application specific extensions
Requires WinWrap® Basic with WWB-NET scripting option

WinWrap® Basic WPF XAML HelloWorld! Example

The XAML definition specifies the "Hello World" dialog UI controls and layout.

Divide the dialog window into menu and regular areas
Define top menu and menuitem mnuExit
Define textbox txtBox1
Define button btnHello

The clsHelloDialog Class script is the code representation of the XAML UI dialog

Define the dialog window and .NET framework controls
Read and instantiate the WPF window
Show the XAML Dialog
Bind the .NET framework controls to the instantiated XAML dialog elements
Sink the "Hello Button" click event
Sink the "Exit MenuItem" click event

Public Class clsHelloDialog ' Define the dialog window and .NET framework controls Dim WithEvents wndMain As Windows.Window Dim WithEvents mnuExit As Windows.Controls.MenuItem Dim WithEvents txtBox1 As Windows.Controls.TextBox Dim WithEvents btnHello As Windows.Controls.Button ' Read and instantiate the XAML window Public Sub Show() Using reader As New Xml.XmlTextReader(MacroDir & "MyProject-xmlHelloDialog.xaml") wndMain = Windows.Markup.XamlReader.Load(reader) End Using ' Bind the .NET framework controls to the instantiated XAML dialog elements mnuExit = wndMain.FindName("mnuExit") txtBox1 = wndMain.FindName("txtBox1") btnHello = wndMain.FindName("btnHello") 'ShowModeless() ShowModal() End Sub ' Show the XAML Dialog (modeless - can be debugged in WinWrap Basic) Public Sub ShowModeless() System.Windows.Forms.Integration.ElementHost.EnableModelessKeyboardInterop(wndMain) wndMain.Show While wndMain.IsVisible Wait .1 End While End Sub ' Show the XAML Dialog (modal - can't be debugged in WinWrap Basic) Public Sub ShowModal() wndMain.ShowDialog End Sub ' Sink the "Hello Button" click event Private Sub btnHello_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) _ Handles btnHello.Click MsgBox(btnHello.Content & " " & txtBox1.Text & "!") End Sub ' Sink the "Exit MenuItem" click event Private Sub mnuExit_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs) _ Handles mnuExit.Click wndMain.Close() End Sub End Class

Create the dialog object and then call its Show method.

Create the clsHelloDialog object
Call the dialog object Show method
Load and control the WPF window

Public Module modMain ' Create the clsHelloDialog object Dim dlgHello As New clsHelloDialog Sub Main ' Call the dialog object Show method ' Load and control the WPF window dlgHello.Show() End Sub End Module

The "EntryPoint Main" command selects the "Sub Main()" subroutine to begin executing.

'#Language "WWB.NET" Imports System Project Project1 Optimizer Off EntryPoint Main LoadModule "MyProject-modMain.wwm" LoadModule "MyProject-clsHelloDialog.wwm" End Project

You can download prjWPF-HelloWorld.zip clicking the following link: WinWrap® Basic WPF XAML HelloWorld! example. Then open the Project1.wwp project with WinWrap® Director. WinWrap® Director is part of the WinWrap® Basic Scripting evaluation product.