The C1FlexGrid for Silverlight/WPF has many things in common with the WinForms version, including much of the object model, but they are not identical. There are two main reasons for the differences:
1)
The controls target different platforms
Mouse and keyboard handling for
example are different in WinForms and WPF/SL, and so is the imaging model, data
binding, dependency properties, etc.
We did map all the
properties/methods/events that made sense and 'felt right' in the new platform,
but we had to strike a balance between making the control feel like "the WPF/SL
version of the C1FlexGrid" (which we wanted) and not "a WinForms grid that works
in WPF/SL" (which we did not want).
We worked hard to allow developers to
take advantage of new platform features, but not force them to change the way
they work. For example, you can change the look and feel of the grid by working
with a designer and changing the control template in Microsoft Blend. But you
can also do it by implementing a simple CellFactory class in C# or VB.
2)
We are always learning and improving
The original WinForms C1FlexGrid is
a stable, mature control that has been around for 10 years now (or a lot more if
you count the ActiveX version that came before that). Over this time, we learned
a lot about what features are important and how they should be implemented.
We took all this experience and used it to make the new C1FlexGrid the
simplest and most powerful version yet.