Longhorn開発におけるキーワードのひとつが「XAML」だ。でも残念なことにLonghornが出るまで待つほかないのが現状。
ところが.NET Framework 1.1で動作するXamlonがリリースされたもよう。

Xamlon (pronounced "Zamelon," which rhymes with "avalon"), is a XAML runtime library for the .NET Framework 1.1. Xamlon is not a 100% XAML compatible library, it was not designed to be, but rather uses the same syntax as XAML to provide the same power and capabilities as XAML but for building "Windows.Forms"-based applications instead. Simply put:

"Xamlon is XAML for Windows.Forms"

There are several key benefits of using Xamlon today:

  • Application development becomes much more simple and efficient. Xalmon provides a very clean separation between presentation and application logic.
  • Xamlon application run on all of today's .NET Framework 1.1 Windows operating systems: Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003.
  • Xamlon provides a much simpler migration path to Microsoft's next-generation presentation layer in Longhorn, XAML.

Xamlon is not a XAML port or 100% compatibility library, but rather a subset of XAML that allows for the development of Windows Forms application using the same XML markup syntax as XAML.

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