Prompt Title: WPF Carousel with HandyControl

Sure! Here is an example of how to load images and videos using the Carousel element from the HandyControl library in WPF:

First, you will need to add references to the HandyControl and HandyControl.Controls.Carousel assemblies in your WPF project.

Next, add the following XAML code to your MainWindow.xaml file:

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<Window xmlns:hc="clr-namespace:HandyControl.Controls;assembly=HandyControl.Controls.Carousel"
        x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
        Title="Carousel Demo"
        Width="800"
        Height="600">
    <Grid>
        <hc:Carousel Name="carousel" VerticalAlignment="Center">
            <!-- Add image items to the carousel -->
            <hc:CarouselItem>
                <Image Source="images/image1.jpg" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
            </hc:CarouselItem>
            <hc:CarouselItem>
                <Image Source="images/image2.jpg" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
            </hc:CarouselItem>
            <hc:CarouselItem>
                <Image Source="images/image3.jpg" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
            </hc:CarouselItem>
            <!-- Add video items to the carousel -->
            <hc:CarouselItem>
                <MediaElement Source="videos/video1.mp4" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
            </hc:CarouselItem>
            <hc:CarouselItem>
                <MediaElement Source="videos/video2.mp4" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
            </hc:CarouselItem>
            <hc:CarouselItem>
                <MediaElement Source="videos/video3.mp4" Stretch="UniformToFill" />
            </hc:CarouselItem>
        </hc:Carousel>
    </Grid>
</Window>

In this code, we've created a new Carousel control and added six CarouselItem objects to it. The first three items are images, and the last three are videos. We've set the Source property of each Image and MediaElement to the file path of the corresponding image or video file.

Note that we've also set the Stretch property of each Image and MediaElement to UniformToFill, which means that the content will stretch to fill the available space while preserving its aspect ratio.

Finally, in the code-behind of your MainWindow.xaml.cs file, you can add logic to handle user interaction with the carousel, such as changing the currently displayed item. For example:

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using System.Windows;

namespace WpfApp1
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void NextButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            carousel.Next();
        }

        private void PreviousButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            carousel.Previous();
        }
    }
}

In this code, we've added event handlers for the Click events of two buttons that can be used to navigate the carousel. The Next and Previous methods of the Carousel control can be called to programmatically change the displayed item.