Operating Systems

All Windows OS that support .NET framework 4.5.2 and above

Environments

• .NET Framework 4.5.2 and above
• .NET 6 and above
• C# .NET
• Visual Basic .NET
• Visual Studio 2017 and above

Licensing is a way to protect intellectual property by ensuring that users are authorized to use Mescius products in their software. To get the details of licensing the ComponentOne WinForms Edition and WPF Edition, see Mescius Licensing information. You can also check our website for licensing information regarding all ComponentOne Studio Editions. 

The topic below discusses the procedure of installing WinForms Edition. In order to install the WinForms Edition, please follow the given steps:

1. Download the C1ControlPanel from https://developer.mescius.com/componentone to install the latest edition of WinForms.
2. Open the ControlPanel using ComponentOneC1ControlPanel.exe. Note that any running instances of Visual Studio must be closed.
3. Login or sign up. An existing user can login using the registered email address and password.
   If you are a new user:
   • Register with Component One and create an account by filling the required fields.
   • A verification mail will be sent to your email address.
   • Visit the activation link to verify your email address.
   If you do not want to login or register, you can proceed as an anonymous user.
4. Select the checkbox against the required Edition tile, say WinForms Edition, and click on the Proceed button. Similarly, you can also install any other Edition by selecting its checkbox or install all editions by selecting the checkbox against Select All. Click the View More button to know more about the selected Edition.

   

   
   

   Observe that upon clicking the Proceed button, a page is displayed asking to review the License Agreement.

5. Click the Accept License Agreement button. After accepting the License Agreement, another page appears with the Settings and directory path change buttonswith default locations for directory installation.  if required, you can change the installation paths as per your requirements. The Installation Directory contains all the DLLs, Samples Directory contains the samples from ComponentOne and the Download Directory contains the log files.

6. Click the Accept Settings button to confirm the directory installation paths and start the installation process.
   

   The installer installs the controls and display its progress as it does so.

   

   The installer displays the "Installation Success" screen when the controls are installed. Note that the version currently installed gets displayed for the respective Edition.

   

ComponentOne offers various support options. For a complete list and a description of each, visit the ComponentOne Web site at https://developer.mescius.com/support/contact.

A few ways for obtaining technical support are as follows:

• Online Resources
  ComponentOne provides customers with a comprehensive set of technical resources in the form of licensing FAQs, Terms of Service, samples, videos, Release History, searchable Online Help and more. We recommend this as the first place to look for answers to your technical questions.
• Online Support through our Incident Submission Form
  This online support service provides you with direct access to our Technical Support staff via an online incident submission form. When you submit an incident, you'll immediately receive a response via e-mail confirming that you've successfully created an incident. This email will provide you with an Issue Reference ID and will provide you with a set of possible answers to your question from our Knowledge-base. You will receive a response from one of the ComponentOne staff members via e-mail in 2 business days or less.
• Product Forums
  ComponentOne’s product forums are available for users to share information, tips, and techniques regarding ComponentOne products. ComponentOne developers will be available on the forums to share insider tips and technique and answer users’ questions. Please note that a ComponentOne User Account is required to participate in the ComponentOne Product Forums.
• Installation Issues
  Registered users can obtain help with problems installing ComponentOne products. Contact technical support by using the online incident submission form or by phone (412.681.4738). Please note that this does not include issues related to distributing a product to end-users in an application.
• Documentation
  ComponentOne documentation is available online and PDF files can be downloaded for offline viewing. If you have suggestions on how we can improve our documentation, please send feedback to support forum.

To install ASP.NET MVC Edition, your system needs the following support.

Operating Systems

All Windows OS that support .NET framework 4.5.2 and above

Environments

• .NET 4.5.2 and above
• ASP.NET MVC 3.1 and above
• C# .NET
• Visual Studio 2017 and above
• For ASP.NET Core 3.1 MVC applications, Visual Studio 2015 and .NET Framework 4.5.2 (or above) are required

Licensing is a way to protect intellectual property by ensuring that users are authorized to use MESCIUS products in their software. For details on licensing, please refer MESCIUS Licensing information. You can also check our website for the same.

You can license your ASP.NET MVC applications using the following two ways:

• Using Serial Key
• Adding License File Manually

Adding License File Manually

1. In the Solution Explorer, right click the project name and select Add | New Item. The New Item dialog appears.
2. In the New Item dialog, select C# | General and select Text File in the right pane.
3. Name the text file as licenses.licx.
4. Paste the following code in the text file:

   C#	Copy Code
   C1.Web.Mvc.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc

5. Few additional steps may be required for using FinancialChart, FlexSheet, MultiRow, FlexViewer, OLAP, TransposedGrid and TransposedMultiRow controls in your application. In the licenses.licx file, press enter after C1.Web.Mvc.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc, and paste the following code:

   C#

   Copy Code

   C1.Web.Mvc.Finance.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.Finance C1.Web.Mvc.Sheet.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.FlexSheet C1.Web.Mvc.Viewer.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.FlexViewer C1.Web.Mvc.Olap.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.Olap C1.Web.Mvc.MultiRow.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.MultiRow C1.Web.Mvc.TransposedGrid.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.TransposedGrid C1.Web.Mvc.TransposedMultiRow.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Mvc.TransposedMultiRow

To install WebAPI Edition, your system needs the following support.

Environments

For Web API 2.2

• For ASP.NET Core 2.0 MVC applications, Visual Studio 2017 and .NET Framework 4.5.2 (or above) are required.
• .NET 4.5.2 and above
• Visual Studio 2017 and above

For ASP.NETCore

• .NET 4.5.2 and above
• Visual Studio 2017 and above

Web Server

For WebAPI

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 and above

For ASP.NETCore

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and above

Licensing is a way to protect intellectual property by ensuring that users are authorized to use MESCIUS products in their software. For details on licensing, please refer MESCIUS Licensing information. You can also check our website for the same.

You can license your WebAPI applications using the following two ways:

• Using Serial Key
• Adding License File Manually

  Adding License File manually

  1. In the Solution Explorer, right click the project and select Add | New Item. The Add New Item dialog appears.
  2. In the Add New Item dialog, select C# | General and select Text File in the right pane.
  3. Name the text file as licenses.licx.
  4. Add the following to the text file: <

     C#	Copy Code
     C1.Web.Api.LicenseDetector, C1.Web.Api