WPF app vs WinForms App

[stricknyn]

Hi all,

Hope this isn't a dumb question.

I'm currently studying for one of Microsoft's MCPD 3.5 certifications (VB 2008) and one of the things it makes use of is WPF applications. Based on what I've seen of them so far, they are basically like Windows Forms Applications. So my question about them is why was WPF created? What was Microsoft looking to accomplish with WPF since outside of the "web feel" in a windows environment, it basically looks like a WinForms application. What is the difference between the two and when sould I use one over the other?

Thanks,

Strick

 

[Robert_Zenz]

As far as I got it, WPF was designed in a completely different way then WinForms. With WPF they did a hard cut between 'Look & Feel' and the program logic. The actual program is still written in VB.NET, but the design, the GUI is written in XAML and is completely isolated from the logic code, which makes it easily skin and replaceable.

I'd suggest to check out the Wikipedia entries on that one.

Bobby