How to: Add a Map Control at Design Time

This is a short introductory example, which describes how to add a Map Control to your WPF application at design time within Visual Studio.

Run MS Visual Studio 2012, 2013, 2015 or 2017.
Create a new WPF Application project or open an existing one.
Switch to the Window designer.
On a Visual Studio toolbox, expand the DX.18.2: Data & Analytics tab, locate the MapControl item and drop it onto the window.
Right-click the MapControl object and choose the Layout | Reset All option in the context menu. This will stretch the Map control to fill the whole window.

That’s all - the MapControl has been added to your application.