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title: "Walkthroughs"
description: Use these step-by-step instructions for common scenarios about the WPF product or a particular feature area.
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# WPF Walkthroughs

Walkthroughs give step-by-step instructions for common scenarios. This makes them a good place to start learning about the product or a particular feature area.

 This topic contains links to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) walkthroughs.

## WPF Designer Walkthroughs

|Title|Description|
|-----------|-----------------|
|[Walkthrough: Building a Simple WPF Application with the WPF Designer](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/bb546972(v=vs.100))|Demonstrates how to build a simple WPF application with the WPF Designer.|
|[Walkthrough: Constructing a Dynamic Layout](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/bb514519(v=vs.100))|Demonstrates creating a dynamic layout by using a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.Grid> panel control.|
|[Walkthrough: Creating a Resizable Application by Using the WPF Designer](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/bb546954(v=vs.100))|Demonstrates how to create window layouts that are resizable by the user at run time.|
|[Walkthrough: Creating a Data Binding by Using the WPF Designer](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/dd434207(v=vs.100))|Demonstrates how to use the WPF Designer to create data bindings that connect data to a control.|
|[Walkthrough: Using a DesignInstance to Bind to Data in the Designer](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/dd490796(v=vs.100))|Demonstrates how to use the WPF Designer to create data bindings at design time for a data context that is assigned at run time.|

## WPF Walkthroughs

|Title|Description|
|-----------|-----------------|
|[Walkthrough: My first WPF desktop application](walkthrough-my-first-wpf-desktop-application.md)|Demonstrates creating a WPF application using many of the common features of WPF including controls, layout and data binding.|
|[Create a Button by Using XAML](../controls/walkthrough-create-a-button-by-using-xaml.md)|Demonstrates how to create an animated button.|
|[Create a Button by Using Microsoft Expression Blend](../controls/walkthrough-create-a-button-by-using-microsoft-expression-blend.md)|Demonstrates the process of creating a customized button by using Microsoft Expression Blend.|
|[Walkthrough: Display Data from a SQL Server Database in a DataGrid Control](../controls/walkthrough-display-data-from-a-sql-server-database-in-a-datagrid-control.md)|Demonstrates how to retrieve data from a SQL Server database and display that data in a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.DataGrid> control.|

## Migration and Interoperability in WPF

|Title|Description|
|-----------|-----------------|
|[Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Control in WPF](../advanced/walkthrough-hosting-a-windows-forms-control-in-wpf.md)|Demonstrates how to host a Windows Forms <xref:System.Windows.Forms.MaskedTextBox?displayProperty=nameWithType> control in a WPF application.|
|[Walkthrough: Hosting a Windows Forms Composite Control in WPF](../advanced/walkthrough-hosting-a-windows-forms-composite-control-in-wpf.md)|Demonstrates how to host a Windows Forms data-entry composite control in a [!INCLUDE[TLA2#tla_winclient](../../../includes/tla2sharptla-winclient-md.md)] application.|
|[Walkthrough: Hosting a WPF Composite Control in Windows Forms](../advanced/walkthrough-hosting-a-wpf-composite-control-in-windows-forms.md)|Demonstrates how to host a WPF data-entry composite control in a Windows Forms application.|
|[Walkthrough: Arranging Windows Forms Controls in WPF](../advanced/walkthrough-arranging-windows-forms-controls-in-wpf.md)|Demonstrates how to use WPF layout features to arrange Windows Forms controls in a hybrid application.|
|[Walkthrough: Binding to Data in Hybrid Applications](../advanced/walkthrough-binding-to-data-in-hybrid-applications.md)|Demonstrates how to use data binding in hybrid applications that include both Windows Forms and WPF controls.|

## Related Sections

|Title|Description|
|-----------|-----------------|
|[Visual Studio Walkthroughs](/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2010/szatc41e(v=vs.100))|Gives a related list of walkthroughs for all areas of programming in Visual Studio.|