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How to: Add a Map Control at Design Time

This short introductory example describes how to add a Map control to your Universal Windows application at design time within Visual Studio.

  1. Run Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.
  2. Create a new project by selecting FILE | New | Project… in the main menu. In the New Project window that is invoked, select Windows Store | Blank App (Xaml) and specify the project name.
  3. Add the MapControl component to your project.

    To do this, locate the MapControl item in the Toolbox under the DX.19.2: Visualization tab and drop it onto the form.

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  4. Right-click the map control and select the Layout | Reset All item in the context menu.

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The MapControl has now been added to your application.