I read it. It's a one-page doc. There's no "meat" there.
Unless I'm misunderstanding, which is entirely possible, I think this is covered in this topic called "Working with xamDataGrid, xamDataCarousel, and xamDataPresenter Styling Points" in our docs.
I personally don't work on the docs, so I can say this w/o personal investment/pride, but I think our guys did a pretty good job covering a lot of the conceptual stuff for WPF. I recommend reading through the Developer's Guide to get a better understanding of both WPF and our controls. There's a lot of meat there to help you get a deep grasp of this stuff.
I know we're all on schedules and often need quick fixes, but at the same time, my approach has always been to try to get a deeper understanding of things so that I can apply that knowledge to all the little specific problems that crop up. FWIW, I also recommend Chris Anderson's Essential Windows Presentation Foundation as a good starting point for learning WPF.
HTH,
OK, here's one: Customizing the labels. I am using a XamDataGrid with field headers at the top row (traditional Table style). Let's say I want the labels to have a black background and white text, but otherwise behave the same, with the arrow, etc. I can do it programmatically with VisualTreeHelper, but cannot see if it can be done in XAML. Your doc does say some things cannot be done in XAML. Unfortunately, there is no existing class that I can simply subclass and then add as a Template. I have to either construct the LabelPresenter from scratch, or dig into the visual tree to manipulate its components. There are not even fields on LabelPresenter that I can use to access the subcomponents. Examples of how to do things programmatically would be nice, not just XAML.
Guys,
I just installed NA for WPF 7.2 (from the Web site and using standard keys to emulate your experience as closely as possible). I have to say I thought it was pretty smooth.
From the Quick Start, I used the Open the xamFeatureBrowser Project Folder link in the Experience NetAdvantage for WPF section. After quickly upgrading the project to VS 2008, I look at the project files, and the Chart3D.xaml is right there in the resources\xamChart\Default folder.
I did a CTRL-F5, and it ran just fine. Clicked through some of the chart and ribbon samples w/ no problems.
I've attached the Chart3D.xaml to this message to help you keep moving, but I'm curious how it is that you're not finding the stuff that is right there for me. How were you using/looking at the samples such that you couldn't find the XAML? I'm not being critical or doubting your experience; I want to understand what's going on so we can maybe make it better/easier.
The feature browsers are supposed to be about as granular as we can get. They demonstrate how to use particular features of our controls, and features are pretty much always targeted at particular scenarios (that are driving the feature requirement). So you should be able to use those samples to understand and possibly even copy & paste in your own solutions.
Of course, if we don't have the sample you're after, tell us concretely what you want. Then at least we can see about adding it or writing an article, blog, or something. But be as specific and concrete as possible.