Adding C1OrgChart to the Application

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

From the Visual Studio File menu select New and choose Project.
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.
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.WPF and C1.WPF.OrgChart or
- C1.Silverlight and C1.Silverlight.OrgChart

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

The namespaces will now appear similar to the following:

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<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">

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<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 of the WPF and Silverlight Edition controls without adding multiple namespaces.

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:

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<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"> <c1:C1OrgChart x:Name="C1OrgChart1" /> </Grid>

This will add a C1OrgChart control named "C1OrgChart1" to the application.

You've successfully set up your application, but if you run your application now you'll see that application is currently blank.

Note: If the C1OrgChart control was installed to the Visual Studio Toolbox, simply dragging the control onto a page will automatically perform all the steps above.