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WPF is a UI framework that excels in displaying visual content. In previous frameworks, different UI controls were specialized for particular purposes, and their visual presentations were more or less fixed. For example, a Label in the Windows Forms framework was a piece of static text. A Button was usually labeled with text but could also paint its background with an image.
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© 2009 Daniel Solis
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(2009). Content and Controls. In: Illustrated WPF. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1911-8_6
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