# Rules Manager Overview

Deliver complete runtime conditional formatting management for datagrids, pivot tables and more with RulesManager. Learn more about RulesManager in WinForms documentation.

## Content

Highlight important information and improve data interpretation through conditional formatting using **RulesManager for WinForms**, a control that delivers complete runtime conditional formatting management. The RulesManager control can be attached to any data aware control such as FlexGrid, DataGrid or FlexChart to provide Excel like conditional formatting. It supports highlighting cells using colors, data bars, gradients, and indicators based on rules. In addition, it has an expression parser and formula editor that can evaluate any formula that returns true or false.

![Showcasing multiple rules applied on the grid cells using the Rule Manager control.](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/9ed20f1b-fa64-497a-82a6-0075a4168549/images/rules-manager-overview.png)

| **Documentation** | **Blogs** |
| ------------- | ----- |
| [Create your first application with Rules Manager](/componentone/docs/win/online-rulesmanager/quick-start) [Customize Rules Manager](/componentone/docs/win/online-rulesmanager/customize-rules-manager) [Apply Formatting Rules](/componentone/docs/win/online-rulesmanager/apply-formatting-rules) [Walkthroughs](/componentone/docs/win/online-rulesmanager/walkthrough) | [Introducing UI-based Rules Manager](https://developer.mescius.com/blogs/introducing-ui-based-rules-manager-in-winforms) |
| **Demo Samples** |  |
| [WPF and WinForms Demo](https://developer.mescius.com/componentone/demos) |  |

| **API References** |  |
| -------------- | --- |
| [C1.Win.RulesManager .NET Framework Assembly](/componentone/api/win/online-rulesmanager/dotnet-framework-api/C1.Win.RulesManager.4.8/C1.Win.RulesManager.html) |  |

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> **Note**: ComponentOne Rules Manager is compatible with both .NET and .NET Framework Editions.