Step 1 of 3: Creating an Application with a C1Expander Control

In this step, you'll begin in Visual Studio to create a WPF application using Expander for WPF.

Complete the following steps:

1.   In Visual Studio 2008, select File | New | Project.

2.   In the New Project dialog box, select a language in the left pane, and in the templates list select WPF Application. Enter a Name for your project and click OK.

3.   Navigate to the Toolbox and double-click the C1Expander icon to add the control to the project. The XAML markup resembles the following:

4.   Click the C1Expander control to select it.

5.   In the Properties window, set the following properties:

•      Set the Height property to "75".

•      Set the Width property to "140".

•      Set the Header property to "Expander Quick Start".

•      Set the Background property to Aqua.

•      Set the ExpandDirection property to Up.

In this step, you customized the appearance and behavior of the C1Expander control. In the next step, you will add content to the control.