What's new in the WPF Toolkit February 2010 Release?
- AutoCompleteBox
- Accordion
- Rating
- Bug fixes
Bug fixes for common issues, including:
- DataGrid - Templating, multiple selection, runtime sorting, etc.
- Calendar/DatePicker - Styling, default values, focus related issues, etc.
- VSM - Generated transitions
- UI Automation - Mostly DataGrid UI automation fixes and a few for Calendar/DatePicker
Also new in the February release, we are introducing the concept of Quality Bands to rate the quality of the controls and features in the release.
- Components in the Stable Quality Band
- DataGrid
- DatePicker
- Calendar
- VisualStateManager
- Components in the Preview Quality Band
- Chart Controls
- AutoCompleteBox
- Accordion
- Rating
Notes/Documentation
The February release of the WPF Toolkit has been updated to contain symbols that match its binaries. We recommend downloading this latest package for an improved debugging experience. This can be installed directly on top of your current installation of the February Toolkit by clicking ‘repair’ in the installer. You may also be interested in the following resources:
Note: The source code solution for the Chart Controls design time will only build if you have both Expression Blend and Visual Studio (with the Visual Studio Designer for WPF) installed. This is because the Chart controls are dependent on some design time assemblies included with those programs. More info is available here.
Installation and Usage Instructions
Please note: The WPF Toolkit is dependent on .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. You must install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 in order to use any features in the Toolkit. Instructions for using the WPF Toolkit binaries:
- Install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
- If you have a previous version of WPF Toolkit installed, uninstall it through the Remove Programs dialog on the Control Panel (look for "WPF Toolkit October 2008" or "WPF Toolkit January 2009" or "WPF Toolkit March 2009" or "WPF Toolkit June 2009")
- Download the WPFToolkit_Binaries or WPFToolkit_BinariesAndSource
- Run the WPFToolkit.msi to install the WPFToolkit.dll and WPF Toolkit design time binaries to your Program Files folder
- Reference the binaries in your project:
- Reference WPFToolkit.dll in your project
- Add a using statement ("using Microsoft.Windows.Controls;") to the top of .cs files
- Add a new xmlns (for example, xmlns:toolkit="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wpf/2008/toolkit") to the top of XAML files
- Remember to use the namespace prefix (in the above example, <toolkit: ...>) in the body of your XAML
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This project looks like it was abondoned by Microsoft.
The release still has many bugs.
The RibbonMenu doesn't fit well with the rest of .NET commanding paradigm and with MVVM.
Microsoft promised to finish this package long time ago, but hasn't done so.
The 2 stars are for: you can actually make it work in your apps, but it requires a lot more effort and knowledge of bugs and workarounds.
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_ivan
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Mon at 4:24 PM
Some confusion on the version. The File version is 3.5.50211.1, but the Assembly Version is 3.5.40128.1. Is this the exact same DLL as the previous release, with the only difference that it is signed by Microsoft?
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WrayKS99
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Sep 1 at 9:16 PM
Good controls, just missing common controls and controls from Silverlight Toolkit. For those controls check out the Extended WPF Toolkit, wpftoolkit.codeplex.com. It has a BusyIndicator, MessageBox, ChildWindow, and a improved RichTextBox control that can actually be data bound to. More to come.
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brianlagunas
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Aug 12 at 2:07 PM
I used the version of june 2009 for datepicker control. Everything fine until I updated to this version. Now it causes the infinite loop. Basically this datepicker is empty value orginally, whenever it is lost focus, check its value. If empty, give error information and focus to this datepicker. The problem using the new version is whenever I click the control, it causes the infinite loop.
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zl0523
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Aug 10 at 2:52 PM
There are some rough edges, but I think overall there are some very useful components and examples in here. I'm rating relative to the rest of the WPF community content, and I think that this is very nice stuff. Again, if you're not willing to really "dig in", I would say go with commercial vendor components. But if you want something light and very customizable, these are good starting points.
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tlantz
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Aug 9 at 3:54 PM
AutoCompleteBox Tab is not working Can any one Help me on this!!!!
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Bharat_WPF
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Aug 2 at 6:07 PM
I think you need a bigger team to go faster. WPF controls are not as good as Windows OS deserves.
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tiziano27
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Jul 18 at 1:31 AM
not bad not bad not bad
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ifreely
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Jul 10 at 9:49 AM
The link to the file WPFToolkitBinariesAndSource.zip (http://wpf.codeplex.com/releases/view/40535#DownloadId=106542) doesn't work :(
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SergaNT
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Jun 15 at 11:04 AM
All components are nice to use. Thanks
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pprabu
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May 26 at 1:25 PM
It's Good, but it seems to be lagging behind the silverlight toolkit. It would be nice to see it containing all the controls from there and for them to be as consistent as possible.
In fact IMHO the two should be developed together,.
BusyIndicator would come in very handy!
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LaughingJohn
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May 14 at 4:29 PM
I appreciate the great effort put into this work. Thanks.
But I think it's just not there yet. For example, the DatePicker doesn't seem to match 100% with the native Windows 7 DatePicker control. The animation when selecting month/year is still too rough, if not exist at all. I think WPF can do A LOT better than that, IMHO.
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mahara
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Apr 17 at 1:09 PM
I can't install WpfToolkit on my windows 7: it says i need 3.5 sp1 but on 7 it's 3.5.1 that is installed ....
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tonyjun
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Apr 12 at 6:45 AM
Happy to see constant improvements to these controls. Shame that we aren't seeing improvements in the datapicker, possibly the most important single control for my users.
Not sure how the VS2010 release will affect this codeplex project either.
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JamieClayton
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Apr 12 at 3:14 AM
4 years later after WPF release and the DataGrid is far from the quality I would expect for a such important control. Lots of small bugs and not designed for extensibility.
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randoom
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Mar 26 at 8:07 AM
I would really like to see some way to control what text is hi-lighted in the AutoCompleteBox.
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mzappitello
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Mar 19 at 6:50 PM
Please fix the DataGrid's IsEnabled bug!!!!(SelectedItems reset bug)
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BlackLabel
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Mar 16 at 6:01 AM
Love the AutoCompleteBox, finally!!
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Cheeso
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Feb 26 at 1:23 AM
About f-ing time! I've been waiting for the autocompletetextbox FOREVER. The other controls are nice too. PLEASE PORT MORE! The silverlight toolkit crushes the WPF toolkit.
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quillaja
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Feb 25 at 11:01 PM
The exception bugs in the DataPicker seem to be fixed.
However the old problem that you cannot change or disable the english "Select Date" watermark seems not to be fixed. It does not honour the language setting either.
So DatePicker is still not usable international.
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suido
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Feb 25 at 5:01 PM