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Actipro WPF Controls samples, documentation, and related open-source projects. Build beautiful user interfaces in your WPF applications using Actipro's controls.
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Actipro WPF Controls samples, documentation, and related open-source projects. Build beautiful user interfaces in your WPF applications using Actipro's controls.
Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/actipro/wpf-controls
Owner: Actipro
License: mit
Created: 2020-12-08T14:36:25.000Z (about 4 years ago)
Default Branch: develop
Last Pushed: 2024-12-17T21:12:05.000Z (8 days ago)
Last Synced: 2024-12-21T02:52:05.059Z (5 days ago)
Topics: actipro, actiprosoftware, controls, csharp, demos, documentation, dotnet, mvvm, samples, ui, ui-controls, wpf, wpf-controls, wpf-ui, xaml
Language: C#
Homepage: https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf
Size: 15 MB
Stars: 81
Watchers: 7
Forks: 14
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: Readme.md
- License: License.md
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        # Actipro WPF Controls

[![Latest](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF?label=Latest&logo=nuget)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF) 

[![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF?label=Downloads)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF) 

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Samples, documentation, and other related open-source projects for [Actipro WPF Controls](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf), a vast set of modern-themed UI controls for building beautiful WPF desktop applications.

The controls ship with over 25 professionally-designed themes, and custom themes can be easily created using configurable theme definitions.

| An Office Colorful Theme | A Custom Dark Slate Theme |

| ------------- | ------------- |

| ![Light Theme](.github/image-content/theme-light.png) | ![Dark Theme](.github/image-content/theme-dark.png) |

## Table of Contents

- [About WPF Controls](#about-wpf-controls)

- [Getting Started](#getting-started)

  - [Running the Sample Browser Application](#running-the-sample-browser-application)

  - [Browsing Documentation](#browsing-documentation)

  - [Running Other Sample Applications](#running-other-sample-applications)

  - [Viewing Related Open-Source Projects](#viewing-related-open-source-projects)

- [NuGet Packages](#nuget-packages)

- [Supported Technologies](#supported-technologies)

- [Contributing](#contributing)

- [Support](#support)

- [Licensing](#licensing)

## About WPF Controls

The [Actipro WPF Controls](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf) include:

- [SyntaxEditor](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/syntaxeditor) - A syntax-highlighting code editor control and parsing suite.

- [Bars](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/bars) - Advanced fluent ribbons, toolbars, menus and related controls.

- [Docking/MDI](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/docking) - A complete docking tool window and multiple document interface solution.

- [Editors](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/editors) - Part-based and masked edit controls, with advanced date/time picker.

- [Grids](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/grids) - Advanced PropertyGrid and custom tree (TreeListBox/TreeListView) controls.

- [Shell](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/shell) - Windows shell folder and file browsing controls.

- [Gauge](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/gauge) - A complete set of circular, linear, and digital gauge controls.

- [Charts](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/charts) - Visualize complex data sets with stunning charts.

- [Micro Charts](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/microcharts) - Small charts, also called sparklines, designed to visualize complex data.

- [Ribbon](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/ribbon) - Easily add an Office-like user interface that meets all Microsoft specifications.

- [Navigation](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/navigation) - Navigation bar, explorer bar, breadcrumb, and zoom controls.

- [Wizard](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/wizard) - Everything you need to quickly create wizard dialogs.

- [Views](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/views) - Unique controls and panels that support fluid animated item layout.

- [Bar Code](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/barcode) - Vector-based 2D and linear bar code generation.

- [Themes](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/themes) - Professionally-designed themes for your whole application.

- [Shared Library](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/products/controls/wpf/shared) - A set of common controls and useful components for WPF applications.

*The control products themselves are closed-source commercial products, whose source is not included in this repo.*

## Getting Started

### Running the Sample Browser Application

The Sample Browser application allows you to examine all of the Actipro WPF controls and their feature sets via hundreds of included demos and QuickStarts.

![Sample Browser](.github/image-content/sample-browser.png)

Follow these steps to run the application:

- Check out the repo.

- Open the `Samples\SampleBrowser\SampleBrowser.sln` solution in Visual Studio.

- Build and run the solution's application project.

### Browsing Documentation

Complete [product documentation](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/docs/controls/wpf/index) is available on our web site.

[![Online Documentation](.github/image-content/documentation.png)](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/docs/controls/wpf/index)

The Markdown source code for the product documentation is contained within this repo's `Documentation\topics` folder.  The documentation is built with [DocFx](https://github.com/dotnet/docfx). 

### Running Other Sample Applications

This repo contains two other sample application solutions that demonstrate specialized integrations:

- `Samples\PrismIntegration.sln` - Shows using Docking/MDI with the [Prism library](https://github.com/PrismLibrary/Prism).

- `Samples\WindowsWorkflowIntegration.sln` - Shows using SyntaxEditor and its .NET Languages Add-on as a [rehosted Windows Workflow Designer](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/windows-workflow-foundation/rehosting-the-workflow-designer) expression editor, along with Docking/MDI and Themes.

### Viewing Related Open-Source Projects

This repo also contains the following open-source projects, which can be opened in the `Source\WPF-Libraries.sln` solution:

- `Bars.Mvvm` - An optional companion to the Actipro Bars product that supports easy MVVM integration.

- `DataGrid.Contrib` - Several enhancements for the native Microsoft WPF DataGrid control.

- `Editors.Interop.DataGrid` - Integration of Actipro Editors with the Microsoft WPF DataGrid control, with dedicated DataGrid column types for each of the editors.

## NuGet Packages

[Packages for the Actipro WPF Controls](https://www.nuget.org/packages?q=ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF) are published on nuget.org, all beginning with the `ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF` name prefix.

### All WPF Controls Metapackage

This metapackage contains all of the control products, and is easiest to reference when getting started:

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF)

### Individual WPF Control Packages

Use these individual control packages if you want to use a specific subset of the metapackage:

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.BarCode](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.BarCode)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Bars](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Bars)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Charts](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Charts)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Docking](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Docking)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Editors](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Editors)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Editors.Interop.DataGrid](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Editors.Interop.DataGrid)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Editors.Interop.Grids](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Editors.Interop.Grids)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Gauge](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Gauge)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Grids](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Grids)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.MicroCharts](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.MicroCharts)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Navigation](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Navigation)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Ribbon](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Ribbon)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Shared](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Shared)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Shell](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Shell)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Views](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Views)

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Wizard](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Wizard)

### SyntaxEditor Language Add-on Packages

Use these packages for SyntaxEditor's premium language add-ons as needed, which are shipped separately from the metapackage:

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.DotNet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.DotNet) - Advanced C#/VB languages in the .NET Languages Add-on.

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.JavaScript](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.JavaScript) - Advanced JavaScript/JSON languages in the Web Languages Add-on.

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.Python](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.Python) - Advanced Python language in the Python Language Add-on.

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.XML](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.SyntaxEditor.Addons.XML) - Advanced XML language in the Web Languages Add-on.

### Other Packages

These packages are optional and shipped separately from the metapackage:

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Bars.Mvvm](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Bars.Mvvm) - For using MVVM with `Bars`.

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.DataGrid.Contrib](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.DataGrid.Contrib) - For the `DataGrid.Contrib` project in this repo.

- [ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Themes.Aero](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ActiproSoftware.Controls.WPF.Themes.Aero) - For legacy Aero themes.

## Supported Technologies

- **Frameworks:** .NET 5+, .NET Core 3.1, and .NET Framework 4.6.2+

- **Architectures:** Any CPU, ARM64, x64, and x86

- **IDEs:** Visual Studio 2019-2022

- **SDKs:** .NET SDK required for sample projects

## Contributing

We welcome contributions to our open-source repository.  If you want to submit a pull request, please first open a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/Actipro/WPF-Controls/issues) or [contact us](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/company/contact) to discuss.

Read through our [How to Contribute](https://github.com/Actipro/.github/blob/main/Contributing.md) document, as it covers everything you need to know about contributing.

## Support

Our [Support](https://github.com/Actipro/.github/blob/main/Support.md) document provides details about how to properly obtain support for both our closed-source UI control products and for code in this open-source repo (documentation, samples, and related libraries).  This chart shows a quick summary:

| | UI Control Products | Open-Source Repos |

| --- | :-: | :-: |

| [Contact us via support options](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/company/contact) | ✔ | ✔ |

| [Create a GitHub issue](https://github.com/Actipro/WPF-Controls/issues) | ❌ | ✔ |

## Licensing

While the source code in this repo falls under the terms of the [included license document](https://github.com/Actipro/WPF-Controls/blob/develop/License.md), the Actipro End-User License Agreement (EULA) applies to usage of our commercial WPF control products.  

Visit the [Actipro purchasing page](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/purchase) to learn more about product licensing or to order developer licenses.  [Contact our sales team](https://www.actiprosoftware.com/company/contact) if you have any questions.