Programming Microsoft Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory

Get practical, hands-on instruction for learning the Composite UI Application Block (CAB) and the Smart Client Software Factory. Using just your fundamental Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C# skills, you’ll work through seven lessons that present real-world scenarios. Each lesson is based on proven classroom guidance—building the skills your need to easily create user interface components for smart-client solutions.

Discover how to:



Generate a shell application and implement prefabricated or custom CAB services
Use work items and controllers to share resources in loosely coupled applications
Optimize visual information display by using Workspaces and SmartParts
Add and modify menus, toolbars, and status bars by using the CAB user interface extension
Announce and receive asynchronous events within an application
Invoke methods in the Action Catalog service to coordinate application business-logic
Match CAB constructs to Windows Presentation Foundation