MyXAML - BSD-Licensed Open Source XUL Motor For Today's Windows.Net Now Live

Hello,

  Marc Clifton (a C# hacker from Rhode Island) has
kicked off a new open-source BSD-licensed project over
at tigris.org titled MyXAML chartered to create a
XAML-style markup language and toolbox that lets you
build UIs for today's .Net using XML.
      
  Marc writes:

  Interested in participating in the development of
this technology? Join the open-source project @
myxaml.tigris.org   This project is NOT intended to
emulate Longhorn's markup language (code named XAML)
nor the MSAvalon namespace.  Rather, MyXAML supports
namespaces without using a DOM backbone, instead using
the property setters defined in the namespace classes
directly. 


  Marc is not all talk but has already a prototype up
and running and ready for download.

  If you wonder what MyXAML looks like in action. Here
are two samples from the Code Project article titled
"MyXAML - XAML-style GUI Generator":

   Defining A Menu Structure
   -------------------------

  <Menu>
    <MenuItems>
      <MenuItem Text='&amp;File' Popup='OnPopup'>
    <MenuItems>
      <MenuItem Text='New'/>
      <MenuItem Text='-'/>
      <MenuItem Text='E&amp;xit' Click='ExitApp'/>
    </MenuItems>
    </MenuItem>
    <MenuItem Text='&amp;Edit'/>
    <MenuItem Text='&amp;View'/>
    </MenuItems>
  </Menu>

  
  Controls, Controls, Controls
  ----------------------------

  <Controls>
  <Button Location='225, 100' Size='80, 25'
Visible='true' BackColor='Control'
      Click='OnMyEvent'>Click Event!</Button>
  <Label Location='225, 50' Size='120, 40'
Visible='true'
      Font='French Script MT, 22pt, style=Bold'>Font
Test!</Label>
  <Label Location='10, 12' Size='50, 15'
Visible='true'>Edit 1:</Label>
  <Label Location='10, 37' Size='50, 15'
Visible='true'>Edit 2:</Label>
  <TextBox Location='60, 10' Size='100, 20'
Visible='true'/>
  <TextBox Location='60, 35' Size='100, 20'
Visible='true' Enabled='false'>
      Disabled</TextBox>
  <Panel BorderStyle='Fixed3D' Top='95' Left='20'
Size='200, 178'
      Visible='true' BackgroundImage='jojo.jpg'
Anchor='Bottom, Left'/>
  <GroupBox Location='225, 130' Size='120, 60'
Visible='true'
      Text='First Group Box' Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt,
style=Bold'>
    <Controls>
      <RadioButton Location='10, 15' Size='70, 15'
Visible='true'
          Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt'
Load='InitialRadioButtonState'>
          Like</RadioButton>
      <RadioButton Location='10, 30' Size='70, 15'
Visible='true'
          Font='MS Sans Serif, 8pt'>Don't
Like</RadioButton>
    </Controls>
  </GroupBox>
  ...
  

   Full story @ http://www.myxaml.com
     and http://myxaml.tigris.org
     and
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/xmlGuiGenerator.asp

   - Gerald


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