Creating View-Switching Applications with Prism 4

David Veeneman

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How to get a Prism 4 line-of-business application up and running, using WPF and the Unity Dependency Injection (DI) container.

Prism4Demo.zip
- Prism4Demo
  - Prism4Demo.Common
    - BaseClasses
      - ViewModelBase.cs
    - bin
    - Events
      - NavigationCompletedEvent.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
    - Prism4Demo.Common.csproj
    - Prism4Demo.Common.csproj.user
    - Properties
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
  - Prism4Demo.Library
    - FsTools
      - FsTaskButton.dll
      - FsTaskButton.XML
    - Prism
      - Microsoft.Practices.Prism.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.Prism.UnityExtensions.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.Prism.UnityExtensions.xml
      - Microsoft.Practices.Prism.XML
      - Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.XML
      - Microsoft.Practices.Unity.dll
      - Microsoft.Practices.Unity.xml
    - Ribbon
      - Read Me.txt
      - RibbonControlsLibrary.dll
      - RibbonControlsLibrary.xml
  - Prism4Demo.ModuleA
    - bin
    - Commands
      - ShowModuleAViewCommand.cs
    - ModuleA.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
        
        Views
    - Prism4Demo.ModuleA.csproj
    - Prism4Demo.ModuleA.csproj.user
    - Properties
    - Services
    - ViewModels
      - ModuleATaskButtonViewModel.cs
    - Views
      - Images
        
        LargeIcon.png
        
        module_a.png
        
        SmallIcon.png
      - ModuleANavigator.xaml
      - ModuleANavigator.xaml.cs
      - ModuleARibbonTab.xaml
      - ModuleARibbonTab.xaml.cs
      - ModuleATaskButton.xaml
      - ModuleATaskButton.xaml.cs
      - ModuleAWorkspace.xaml
      - ModuleAWorkspace.xaml.cs
  - Prism4Demo.ModuleB
    - bin
    - Commands
      - ShowModuleBViewCommand.cs
    - ModuleB.cs
    - obj
      - Debug
        
        TempPE
        
        Views
    - Prism4Demo.ModuleB.csproj
    - Prism4Demo.ModuleB.csproj.user
    - Properties
    - Services
    - ViewModels
      - ModuleBTaskButtonViewModel.cs
    - Views
      - Images
        
        LargeIcon.png
        
        module_b.png
        
        SmallIcon.png
      - ModuleBNavigator.xaml
      - ModuleBNavigator.xaml.cs
      - ModuleBRibbonTab.xaml
      - ModuleBRibbonTab.xaml.cs
      - ModuleBTaskButton.xaml
      - ModuleBTaskButton.xaml.cs
      - ModuleBWorkspace.xaml
      - ModuleBWorkspace.xaml.cs
  - Prism4Demo.sln
  - Prism4Demo
    - App.xaml
    - App.xaml.cs
    - bin
    - Bootstrapper.cs
    - obj
      - x86
        
        Debug
        
        TempPE
        
        Views
    - Prism4Demo.csproj
    - Prism4Demo.csproj.user
    - Properties
    - Services
    - Utility
      - RibbonRegionAdapter.cs
    - ViewModels
    - Views
      - Images
        
        LargeIcon.png
        
        new.png
        
        open.png
        
        print.png
        
        ribbon.png
        
        save.png
        
        SmallIcon.png
      - ShellWindow.xaml
      - ShellWindow.xaml.cs

<UserControl x:Class="Prism4Demo.ModuleB.Views.ModuleBWorkspace"
             xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
             xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             mc:Ignorable="d" 
             d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
    <Grid>
        <TextBlock Text="Welcome to Module B" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" TextWrapping="Wrap" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="24" FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="DarkBlue" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

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Written By

David Veeneman

Software Developer (Senior) Foresight Systems

United States

David Veeneman is a financial planner and software developer. He is the author of "The Fortune in Your Future" (McGraw-Hill 1998). His company, Foresight Systems, develops planning and financial software.

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