We are starting beta tests of our WPF diagramming component:
https://mindfusion.org/_beta/WpfDiagTrial.zip

For those of you familiar with FlowChart.NET, here is a list of the FlowChart.NET features that did not make it into version 1 of the WPF port:

- import and export components
- additional UI controls, e.g. Overview, Ruler
- binary serialization
- swimlanes
- container nodes

We are already working on porting the most popular of the missing features above - PdfExporter and Overview. What we are going to port next will depend on the demand, so if you need some feature from the FlowChart.NET package implemented in WPF, please post it in the Feature Suggestions area of this forum board.

Some major differences in the WinForms and WPF APIs are:

- the WPF control does not provide its own shadow and emboss effects implementations; you can use the BitmapEffect property of UIElement (the base for DiagramItem) to enable these effects, and some more provided by WPF;

- printing is done via the WPF PrintDialog.PrintDocument method, using the Diagram.DocumentPaginator as an argument;

- you can add any UIElement to the Diagram.Nodes collection; you do not have to create ControlNode elements as in FlowChart.NET;

We are going to release the official version 1.0 in a month.

Stoyan

hi Stoyan

I just put the MSI on dated 18th - is it right that the Mindfusion.Common DLL is no longer required?

Many thanks


Paul

Hi

I like flowchart.net but wondering what is the difference between wpf and flowchart.net?
Which one to choose? I am working in vs.net 2008 version.

A new WpfDiagram build is available now, along with a full installer and updated samples:

https://mindfusion.org/_beta/WpfDiagTrial.zip