Adding C1OrgChart to the Application

Complete the following steps to add a C1OrgChart control to your application:

1.   From the Visual Studio File menu select New and choose Project.

2.   In the New Project dialog box choose a language in the left-side menu, choose .NET Framework 4 in the Framework drop-down list, and enter a name for the project.

3.   In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project name and choose Add Reference. In the Add Reference dialog box, locate and select the following assemblies and click OK to add references to your project:

•      C1.Silverlight

•      C1.Silverlight.OrgChart

4.   Open the XAML view of the MainWindow.xaml file and add the XAML namespace to the UserControl tag with the following markup: xmlns:c1="http://schemas.componentone.com/winfx/2006/xaml".

The namespaces will now appear similar to the following:

<Window x:Class="MainWindow"

    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

    xmlns:c1="http://schemas.componentone.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

    Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">

This is a unified namespace that will enable you to work with most ComponentOne Silverlight controls without adding multiple namespaces.

5.   Add the <c1:C1OrgChart x:Name="C1OrgChart1" /> tag within the Grid tags on the page to add the C1OrgChart control to the application.

The XAML will appear similar to the following:

<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">

    <c1:C1OrgChart x:Name="C1OrgChart1" />

</Grid>

This will add a C1OrgChart control named "C1OrgChart1" to the application. If you run the application now, you will see a blank page.

You've successfully set up your application's user interface, but if you run your application now you'll see that the C1OrgChart control currently contains no content.