Data Management Controls
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The Choose Application UI section provides tutorials on how to emulate popular Microsoft-inspired UI types such as Office, Visual Studio, and Windows Modern. The controls listed below are used inside these shells to work with the main application.
#Data Browsing and Analysis
These controls are used to perform CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) on large data sets.
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Displays data in a standard tabular or other view format (e.g., banded grid, cards, tiles).
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Displays data in a tabular form with data fields rendered as rows, and records displayed as columns.
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Emulates the Pivot Table feature of Microsoft Excel – to present data in a cross-tabular format.
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Displays scheduler data in a style inspired by Microsoft Outlook, and allows end-users to edit, save and load appointments.
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Presents data as bars, areas, lines, and other graph types.
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Visualizes data as circular, linear, thermometer, digital, and other gauge types.
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Presents hierarchical data as nested rectangles.
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Displays raster and vector maps, with support for popular map services (Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap) and custom map data servers.
#Document Editors and Viewers
Display and edit DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, PDF and other document file types.
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Create, load, modify, print, and save rich text documents with this Microsoft Word-inspired word processing control.
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Create, load, edit, save and print spreadsheet documents with a Microsoft Excel-style look and feel.
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Display PDF files directly in a WinForms application, without the need to install an external PDF viewer on an end-user’s machine.
#Data Entry Forms
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A collection of over 35 data editing tools such as buttons, text boxes, drop-down menus, color pickers, and track bars.
Layout and Data Layout Controls
Create forms with a consistent layout that is customizable by end-users.