《MICROSOFT COMPOSITE UI APPLICATION BLOCD AND SMART CLIENT SOFTWARE FACTORY编程》主要内容：Learn an approachable, classroom-tested method for building robust, composite smart-client applications.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 development scenarios. Each lesson is based on proven classroom guidance-building the skills you 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 Smart Parts

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