[Mono-list] XAML: Application Markup Language

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> I just stumbled upon the msdn page of Longhorn XAML or Applications 
> Markup Language, a XUL lookalike. Is there any support for this planned 
> in mono?

Eventually, yes.  The Xaml pre-processor is relatively simple to
implement, the trick is that to get anything useful out of it, you
really need a large class library implementation.

Elements are mapped to classes, and attributes to properties of the
instance, and code is passed on through, so the code you showed is
translated roughly into:

	Canvas c01 = new Canvas ();
	Button button1 = new Button ();
	button.Click += delegate {
		button1.Content = "Hello world";
	}
	co1.Items.Add (button);

You might want to read the Mono Roadmap to see how we are planning on
getting these things done.

Miguel
> 
> Example:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>
> <Window>
>     <Button>Hello World</Button>
> </Window>
> 
> 
> <Canvas ID="root"
> 
> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/xaml"
> xmlns:def="Definition">
>    <Button ID="button1" Click="Clicked">Click Me!</Button>
>       <def:Code>        
>         <![CDATA void Clicked(object target, ClickEventArgs args)
> 		{
> 		button1.Content = "Hello World";
> 		}
>         ]]>
>       </def:Code>
> </Canvas>
> 
> 
> Link:
> http://longhorn.msdn.microsoft.com/lhsdk/core/overviews/about%20xaml.aspx
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Leen Toelen
> 
> 
> 
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