WPF Controls, Windows Presentation Foundation Controls

Leveraging the full potential of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ComponentOne Studio^® for WPF offers everything from high-performing datagrids, charts and scheduler controls to slick layout and navigation controls. Accomplish more enterprise-level functionality in less time.

2013 v1 Now Available! Download the 2013 v1 update to access the new Tile controls as well as feature enhancements for DockControl, DataGrid, Gauges, and more. See the what's new details.

What's Inside?

Why use Studio for WPF?

Build Enterprise Applications Faster

Studio for WPF features all of the rich data visualization and LOB controls you need to shorten your development time and create compelling Windows desktop applications. Choose from 50+ WPF controls packed with developer-requested features like easy styling, printing, export to Microsoft Excel, complete XAML support, and more.
Professional Themes and Simple Styling

Get 12+ themes including Office 2010 and Expression for the entire studio. Plus, with built-in ClearStyle technology, you can easily change control colors without having to modify complex templates. By just setting a few brush properties in Visual Studio you can quickly give a unique look to any C1 control without having to work in Expression Blend or be a professional designer.
Stunning and Powerful Data Visualization

With 40+ chart types, flexible data binding, run-time interaction, optimization for large data sets, and so much more, Chart for WPF is the most advanced charting control on the market. Apply styles, animations, markers and live updates to bring your dashboards to life!
Fast and Flexible Grids

Experience the FlexGrid's legendary flexibility, speed, and small footprint. Inspired by Microsoft Excel for creating bound and unbound grids and scrolling speed 10x faster than the competition, FlexGrid for WPF provides built-in printing, cell merging, column aggregation, custom cells, and all the extensibility you need for your business data.
Maps Powered By Esri

When it comes to mapping, we have you covered. ComponentOne has partnered with Esri, the leading online map and GIS provider, to bring you the best mapping tools and UI controls together in one package. Easily transform GIS data into business intelligence with Maps powered by Esri^®. With Studio for WPF you get free access to to the Esri controls, online map tiles and the ArcGIS API for WPF.
HTML and PDF Support

Get first-class support for HTML and PDF content in Silverlight with many of the ComponentOne controls. View your PDF documents and HTML reports using the innovative PdfViewer and ReportViewer controls. Deliver complete HTML editing with the Microsoft Word-like RichTextBox control. Export your data to PDF with ease using the C1Pdf class library.
Built-in Localization

Broaden your global audience with quick localization support for 20+ international languages. Studio for WPF includes the necessary resource files for localizing your apps so you can publish in Arabic, Chinese (General, Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, English, German, Greek, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.

Features and Highlights

50+ WPF Controls

Studio for WPF adds over 50 controls to your Visual Studio Toolbox, including grids, charts, scheduler, gauges, maps, docking, toolbars, data input, and much more! These "true XAML" controls not only fill the gap with what's missing in the standard toolkit, but they add more features, functionality, and better performance over their existing counterparts.

12+ Professional Themes

Make your Windows apps beautiful with 12 themes including Office Blue, Office Black, Office Silver, Expression Dark, Expression Light and Cosmopolitan (formerly Metro). All themes are supported in .NET 3.5 and 4.0, and they support standard controls too. Browse all themes.

ClearStyle Technology for XAML Styling Made Easy

ClearStyle Technology is our new paradigm to XAML control styling. ClearStyle allows developers to easily change control colors without having to modify control templates. By just setting a few brush properties in Visual Studio you can quickly give a unique look to the control without having to work in Expression Blend or be a professional designer.

Customizable Control Templates

If themes and ClearStyle aren't enough, we also provide all the styles and templates so you can customize them to your liking. All of the control templates and styles are included with the download and can be imported into Expression Blend or Visual Studio.

World Class Reporting

Generate, preview, and export Microsoft-style reports with Reports for WPF. Render reports directly to a printer, or export to various formats including XPS, Open XML Word, HTML, PDF, Excel and rich text. Reports for WPF also supports SQL Server Reports. Use our Report Viewer, PDF and RichTextBox controls to display arbitrary HTML and PDF documents as well.

Out-of-the-box Scheduling Solutions

Create a Microsoft Outlook-style scheduling application in minutes with Scheduler for WPF. Select from five built-in views: Day, Week, Work Week, Month and TimeLine. Bind your schedule to the data source of your choice, use local XML storage or import/export iCal data.

Cutting-Edge Layouts and Animation

Create modern and high technical looking applications that feature rich animations and smooth interactive experiences for the user. Studio for WPF features many rich animation and layout controls which take advantage of the animation techniques possible in the WPF framework. These controls include Accordion, Book, Chart, DockControl, Expander, Gauges, HyperPanel, TileView.

Designer/Developer Collaboration

Supported in both Microsoft Visual Studio and Expression Blend, Studio for WPF controls promote collaboration in your team and fit seamlessly into your developer/designer workflow. Supported versions include VS2008, VS2010, VS2012, Blend 3, Blend 4.

MVVM Support

Feel confident using the popular MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) design pattern in your applications with ComponentOne Silverlight and WPF controls. Each control supports dependency properties, complete XAML configuration and follows data-binding best practices for even the most advanced MVVM developer.

XBAP Support

Studio for WPF controls are fully compatible with the XAML Browser Application (XBAP) deployment capabilities of Windows Presentation Foundation. XBAP deployment allows you to create robust Rich Internet Applications (RIA) that take full advantage of the .NET 3.x and 4.0 Frameworks.

Localization for 20+ Cultures

Broaden your global audience with quick localization support for 20+ international languages. Studio for WPF includes the necessary resource files for localizing your apps for these cultures:

Arabic (ar)
Czech (cs)
Danish (da)
Dutch (nl)
Finnish (fi)
French (fr)
German (de)
Greek (el)

Hebrew (he)
Italian (it)
Japanese (ja)
Norwegian (no)
Polish (pl)
Portuguese (pt)
Russian (ru)

Slovak (sk)
Spanish (es)
Swedish (sv)
Turkish (tr)
General Chinese (zh)
Traditional Chinese (zh-Hant)
Simplified Chinese (zh-Hans)

Code Sharing with Silverlight

Studio for WPF controls share the same codebase as our Silverlight controls. So you can build both rich web and desktop client applications by sharing a lot of the same code. This will reduce development time, cost and eliminate the learning curve of having to learn controls from two platforms.

Unparalleled Platinum Support

From our 24-hour support response guarantee to our knowledge-rich online community, we offer unmatched support. Our customers are entitled to:

Knowledge Base Access
Phone Support
Forum Support

Learn more about ComponentOne Support Services.

What's New in 2013 v1?

New Tile Controls

Create tiled displays and navigation hubs with ComponentOne Tiles^™ for WPF. Tiles make it easy to replicate the Windows 8 start screen experience in your own app. Get two different tile controls that support sliding animations and live updates. Combine tiles with different containers to achieve endless layout possibilities. Learn more.

DockControl Enhancements

The C1DockControl is enhanced to behave more like Visual Studio. For instance you can rip out tabs to make them floating and even dock floating tabs into other floating tabs. Also, the new FloatingWindowStyle property lets you define the appearance of floating window frames.

More Enhancements

The C1DataGrid control has improved clipboard support. See the ClipboardCopyMode and ClipboardPasteMode properties.
The C1FlexGrid control now supports Excel-style auto complete when editing. The AutoComplete property enables users to efficiently add entries based on items already present on the column being edited.
C1Gauges have improved support for MVVM scenarios. For instance, the C1GaugeLabel, C1GaugeMark and C1GaugeRange elements support binding.
The C1PdfViewer control now has support for reading encrypted files. The LoadDocument method now takes an additional, optional password parameter.
All control libraries now include Turkish localized resources, in addition to over 20 other languages, so you can easily localize your application.

See the complete 2013 v1 version history for more details, improvements, and breaking changes.

What's New in Prior Releases?

Take a look at Studio for WPF's release history to find out what's new in previous releases.

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