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AdvGrid and AdvTree both support grouping by column. When grouping by a column, all items which have the same value for that column are grouped together. Grouping works the same way for both tree and grid, with the exception of a few details. The main difference between them is that AdvTree takes advantage of its […]

A DataFormField contains an EditingContentControl which is used for editing the value. The editing control has 2 properties which support opening a dialog window to edit the value: DialogWindowType and IsDialogWindowOpen. When IsDialogWindowOpen is set to true, if there is a DialogWindowType specified, then a new instance of the window will be created and it […]

Creating a mobile application To create a mobile application that uses MobileRibbon, begin with a basic WPF application and add a reference to DevComponents.WPF.Mobile. To work properly, MobileRibbon needs to live inside a MobileWindow, so you will want to change the base class of MainWindow to MobileWindow. Once you have a MobileWindow, the next step […]

ProgressSteps control helps to present progress of a multi-step process. ProgressSteps is an ItemsControl where the items each represent a step in the process. The container type for the items is the ProgressStep control. ProgressSteps defines the following properties: ActiveStep – An object which is a member of the Items collection, indicating the active step. […]

AdvTextBox extends the standard WPF TextBox by adding several features: Password entry Masked text Auto complete Invalid character rejection Non numeric character rejection Select all on load or got focus Empty value display text Update binding source value on enter key press Masking, Auto complete and character rejection make use of a feature that is […]

PropertyGrid does not have built-in support for passwords. If your data has password property that you want to allow the user to edit, you will need to create a custom editor. This article describes one such custom editor. Creating custom editors for PropertyGrid is a matter of defining a new Style for the editor control […]

Wizard is based on TransitioningSelector, which is an ItemsControl and is similar to TabControl in how it works (though it does not derive from System.Windows.Controls.TabControl.) The native container type for Wizard is WizardPage. An object placed into a wizard’s Items collection are wrapped by instances of WizardPage, unless the item itself is a WizardPage. The […]

Use following code to enumerate all appointments between two dates in Schedule control (applies to WinForms, WPF and Silverlight): C#: DateTime start = new DateTime(2014, 05, 07); DateTime end = start.AddDays(10); DateTime d = start; while (d <= end) { DevComponents.Schedule.Model.Day day = calendarView1.CalendarModel.GetDay(d); foreach (Appointment item in day.Appointments) { Console.WriteLine("Appointment: {0}-{1} {2}", item.StartTime, item.EndTime, […]

TransitioningSelector is like a TabControl that animates the selected content as it transitions into and out of view. When the control’s SelectedItem changes, the visual content that is associated with the old value is animated out of view as the visual content associated with the new value is animated into view. The animations can be […]

ToggleSwitch inherits directly from System.Windows.Control. The dependency property IsOn determines whether a ToggleSwitch is on or off. Two bubbling routed events, ToggledOn and ToggledOff, provide notification when the value of IsOn changes. ToggleSwitch can be oriented either horizontally or vertically. Determined by the Orientation property. On/Off Content and the Header Properties OnContent and OffContent define […]