Karl’s PowerToys are a huge step in this direction because they make them so simple to generate business forms, which is about 90% of what most companies will look to do. I can’t, and shouldn’t, try to compete with that, so I’m trying to fill in the bits that surround it – the bits that I always wish there was an easier way to do.

OK – that sounded preachy. It’s not meant to be – it’s just a quick overview of the ethos behind MoXAML. Now, if only I could come up with a cool codename for it. Karl’s got Ocean and Hawaii – I don’t really want to go with North Sea or Scilly Isles.;->

Just wait until you see the next version – the AppWizard in it is cool. It’s taking a lot of coding, but it’s going to be worth the wait (I hope).

I envision selecting from the MoXAML menu what type you want (normal, attached, attached read-only, etc.), which will prompt you for a name, eg. “HighlightBrush”, and a type (“Brush”), and default value (“Brushes.Blue”) and will generate the following line:

public static readonly DependencyProperty HighlightBrushProperty = DependencyProperty.Register( “HighlightBrush”, typeof( Brush ), typeof( ), new PropertyMetadata( Brushes.Blue, DependencyPropertyChanged ) );

as well as the DependencyPropertyChanged method (that doesn’t necessarily have to do anything, but gives the user a quick and hooked-up spot to add functionality).

If you really wanted to go the extra mile you could even generate a HighlightBrushChanged event and hook it up in the static DependencyPropertyChanged method like so:

private static void DependencyPropertyChanged( DependencyObject sender, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e ) {
( ()sender ).OnHighlightBrushChanged( e );
}

…which would also involve generating the HighlightBrushChanged event and OnHighlightBrushChanged:

public event DependencyPropertyChanged HighlightBrushChanged;
internal void OnHighlightBrushChanged( DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e ) {
if ( HighlightBrushChanged != null )
HighlightBrushChanged( this, e );
}

… tall order I know.

This is fantastic code to see. I’ve been wanting to make an add-on for some time and this was just what I needed to get myself to do it.